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![“I read the poem [In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: "This poem is kind of important to me. I don't know why, but I'm going to just keep it in the back of my mind." I just kept coming back to it. As I started putting the book together…” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6a5/peter-van-agtmael-25908_book_i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodo_2244408.jpg)
