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Public toilets have a duty to be accessible, poetry does not.

Geoffrey Hill

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Geoffrey Hill
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 18
Died: 2016
Died: June 30
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Sir Geoffrey William Hill
Toilets
Accessible
Poetry
Duty
Public
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