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I never dreamed the sea so deep, The earth so dark so long my sleep, I have become another child. I wake to see the world go wild.

Allen Ginsberg

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Allen Ginsberg
Age: 70 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 3
Died: 1997
Died: April 5
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