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Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem.

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Jack Kerouac
Age: 47 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 13
Died: 1969
Died: October 21
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
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Autumn
Delicate
Almost
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Swinging
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