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Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light.

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Toni Morrison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 18
Died: 2019
Died: August 5
Audiobook Narrator
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Lorain
Ohio
Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford
Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
Daylight
Floating
Beloved
Dust
Memory
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Motes
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Sifting
Light
Dissolves

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