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Prose pretends to be straightforward in its application to the truth, but truth itself is a dissembler. Poetry, much more honest, knows the deception can't be overcome.

Laurence Overmire

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Laurence Overmire
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 17
Actor
Rochester
New York
Overcome
Overcoming
Poetry
Honest
Pretends
Truth
Straightforward
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Deception
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Prose

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