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Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin

Walter Dean Myers

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Walter Dean Myers
Age: 76 †
Born: 1937
Born: August 12
Died: 2014
Died: July 1
Novelist
Writer
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Walter Milton Myers
Follow
Sustain
Sweet
Calls
Evil
Brings
Song
Fruit
Mother
Embrace
Soul
Rain
Insists
Ever
Sin
Sings
Would
Exist
Chill

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