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Like roots finding water, we always wind up moving towards what sustains us.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Always
Sustains
Like
Findings
Finding
Towards
Roots
Wind
Water
Moving

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