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As nature erodes the earth into magnificent forms, life through endless experience opens us further and further to the essence of what matters. Each time I've been opened further, the way I experience life and receive things has changed.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Nature
Opened
Form
Receive
Earth
Endless
Matter
Forms
Way
Matters
Erodes
Things
Essence
Erode
Time
Changed
Opens
Life
Experience
Magnificent

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