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We travel so far only to land where we are. We imagine other lives, only to meet who we are. We seek out love in special ways, only to find everyone is special. Humbly, we can't avoid this journey.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Everyone
Seek
Lives
Travel
Find
Meet
Way
Journey
Love
Land
Ways
Special
Humbly
Imagine
Avoid

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