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Attend to mushrooms and all other things will answer up.

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A. R. Ammons
Age: 75 †
Born: 1926
Born: February 18
Died: 2001
Died: February 26
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University Teacher
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Whiteville
North Carolina
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Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
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To be saved is here, local and mortal
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Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
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