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What three things can never be done? / Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone

Muriel Rukeyser

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Muriel Rukeyser
Age: 66 †
Born: 1913
Born: December 15
Died: 1980
Died: February 12
Author
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Stand
Alone
Forget
Keep
Three
Done
Things
Never
Silent

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