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Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?

Franz Wright

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Franz Wright
Age: 62 †
Born: 1953
Born: March 18
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
Poet
Vienna
Austria
Avalanche
Avalanches
Snowflake
Accountable
Held
Individual

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