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The fully engaged heart is the antibody for the infection of violence.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
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Violence
Heart
Antibodies
Infection
Engaged

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