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Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.

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Anne Carson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 21
Linguist
Literary Critic
Poet
Professor
Translator
Writer
City of Toronto
Carson
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Mother
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Ocean

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