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Punctilious abyss, the yawn of space Come once a day to suffocate the sight.

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Allen Tate
Age: 79 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 19
Died: 1979
Died: February 9
Author
Literary Critic
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Winchester
Kentucky
John Orley Allen Tate
Punctilious
Suffocate
Yawn
Abyss
Twilight
Sight
Space
Come

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