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Clouds sink down the hills Coffee is hot again. The dog Turns and turns about, stops and sleeps.

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Gary Snyder
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 8
Environmentalist
Poet
Trade Unionist
Translator
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Gary Snyder
Turns
Sink
Stops
Hills
Hot
Coffee
Clouds
Dog
Sleep
Sleeps

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