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Suffering Quote by Allen Tate

“This is the man who classifiedthe bits Of his friends' hells into a pigeonhole He hung each disparate anguish on the spits Parboiled and roasted in his own withering soul.” quote by Allen Tate — Download Open image

“This is the man who classifiedthe bits Of his friends' hells into a pigeonhole He hung each disparate anguish on the spits Parboiled and roasted in his own withering soul.”

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