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I have risen to a body not yet born, existing like a light around a body through which the body moves like a sliding moon.

Robert Bly

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Robert Bly
Age: 97
Born: 1926
Born: December 23
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Madison
Minnesota
Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly
Moon
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Risen
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