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If a man, cautious, hides his limp, Somebody has to limp it! Things do it the surroundings limp. House walls get scars, the car breaks down matter, in drudgery, takes it up.

Robert Bly

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Robert Bly
Age: 97
Born: 1926
Born: December 23
Linguist
Poet
Translator
Writer
Madison
Minnesota
Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly
House
Scar
Matter
Breaks
Limp
Things
Walls
Drudgery
Men
Car
Hides
Wall
Scars
Somebody
Compensation
Takes
Cautious
Break
Surroundings

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