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“I am thinking of poets who haven't written well in years but who rubbed against the sun twenty years ago-- Aren't they in their own kinds of prisons too?” quote by B.J. Ward — Download Open image

““I am thinking of poets who haven't written well in years but who rubbed against the sun twenty years ago-- Aren't they in their own kinds of prisons too?””

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