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Certain words now in our knowledge we will not use again, and we will never forget them. we need them. like the back of the picture.
-W. S. Merwin
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Certain Words Now In Our Knowledge We

W. S. Merwin
Certain words now in our knowledge we will not use again, and we will never forget them. we need them. like the back of the picture.
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