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“This is partly because few teenagers are instinctively good poets. It’s about as common as cats being instinctively friendly.” quote by Kevin DeYoung — Download Open image

““This is partly because few teenagers are instinctively good poets. It’s about as common as cats being instinctively friendly.””

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