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since the thing perhaps is to eat flowers and not to be afraid
e. e. cummings
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e. e. cummings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 14
Died: 1962
Died: September 3
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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the moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy
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