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There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum by floating in sparks, dream patterns, figures whimsical and figures grotesque, shifting and clad in complementary colors, to appease the indignant cups and rods of the retina.

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Gelett Burgess
Age: 85 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 30
Died: 1951
Died: September 18
Novelist
Poet
Boston
Massachusetts
Frank Gelett Burgess
Alan Braghampton
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Sparks
Appease
Life
Indeed
Floating
Complementary
Figures
Colors
Vacuums
Retina
Darkness
Cups
Vacuum
Rods
Color
Fill
Grotesque
Clad
Eyes
Absolutes
Revolt
Whimsical
Eye
Absolute
Mysticism
Hasten
Dream
Patterns
Shifting
Indignant

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