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Life pulls softly inside your bindings. The pod glows - dear stench.

Anne Carson

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Anne Carson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 21
Linguist
Literary Critic
Poet
Professor
Translator
Writer
City of Toronto
Carson
Anne
Glows
Pulls
Binding
Softly
Dear
Inside
Life
Bindings
Stench

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