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Some men live with an invisible limp, stagger, or drag a leg. Their sons are often angry.

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Robert Bly
Age: 97
Born: 1926
Born: December 23
Linguist
Poet
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Madison
Minnesota
Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly
Angry
Stagger
Often
Limp
Live
Sons
Men
Resentment
Drag
Invisible
Legs
Son

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