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If sequestered pain made a sound, the atmosphere would be humming all the time.

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Stephen Levine
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 17
Died: 2016
Died: January 17
Poet
Screenwriter
the United States of America
Stephan Levine
Pain
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Made
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Time
Sequestered
Humming
Atmosphere
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