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We humans need to do better with our vast minds and alchemical powers. Future radial poetries might be more symbiotic with the rest of consciousness.

Anne Waldman

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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
Poet
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Future
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Alchemical
Might
Symbiotic
Humans
Vast
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Powers
Needs
Minds
Mind
Consciousness
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