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“Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it…I personally know so many poets that work a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come home and write poetry. Their poetry is just as powerful and moving as anything that I've ever written, if not more.” quote by Sarah Kay — Download Open image

“Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it…I personally know so many poets that work a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come home and write poetry. Their poetry is just as powerful and moving as anything that I've ever written, if not more.”

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