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Today the mockingbird does not sound very happy. It sounds if it is coming apart. As of the very heart of itself-its song-is breaking into pieces and flying off in a hundred directions.
Jerry Spinelli
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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
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