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The age is materialistic. verse isn't. i must be with the age, so i am writing prose.
-Paul Laurence Dunbar
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The Age Is Materialistic. Verse Isn't. I

Paul Laurence Dunbar
The age is materialistic. verse isn't. i must be with the age, so i am writing prose.
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