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How infuriating it is to be continually born to war that continues one's whole lifetime, even as one protests it - what futility. It is perhaps a more public epic in this regard, and carries a ritual vocalization.

Anne Waldman

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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
Poet
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
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Perhaps
Carries
Public
Continually
Born
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War
Continues
Whole
Ritual
Infuriating
Even
Protest
Protests
Lifetime
Futility

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