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> [I feel like the older I get, the truer it feels that I'm only going have an investment in a poem if it allows or forces me to bring something that's supremely me onto the page. I used to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-k-smith/i-feel-like-the-older-i-get-the-truer-it-feels-that-i-m-only-going/)

[Tracy K. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-k-smith/)

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