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Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it for so long.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Imagine
Withhold
Whatever
Unthinkable
Truth
Spiritually
Matter
Compelled
Feel
Holding
Feels
Breath
Long
Breaths
Way
Telling

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