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purgatorygray

Published: Mar 22, 2014

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The problem with loving a writer
Is the constant worrisome requirement
To decipher art
From illness.

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Belle95

Feb 10, 2015

Ohmigawd the truth in this simple poem is earthshattering. And the short verse makes it all the more powerful.

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