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I change jobs like drinking water ... And as I grow accustomed to the new flavor of a drink I regard as delicious, yes, vital, something fades, life balks. So I break camp I shed skins.

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Rita Dove
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 28
Essayist
Poet
Professor
Writer
Akron
Ohio
Rita Frances Dove
Change
Drinking
Flavor
Something
Regard
Fades
Life
Drink
Delicious
Like
Grow
Accustomed
Grows
Camps
Break
Shed
Water
Vital
Jobs
Skins
Camp

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