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A day so happy. fog lifted early. i worked in the garden. hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers. there was no thing on earth i wanted to possess. i know no one worth my envying him.
-Czeslaw Milosz
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A Day So Happy. Fog Lifted Early.

Czeslaw Milosz
A day so happy. fog lifted early. i worked in the garden. hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers. there was no thing on earth i wanted to possess. i know no one worth my envying him.
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