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Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Elizabeth Bishop
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Elizabeth Bishop
Age: 68 †
Born: 1911
Born: February 8
Died: 1979
Died: October 6
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Worcester
Massachusetts
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