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I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.

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William Stafford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: January 17
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
Author
Poet
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Broken
Problem
Everything
Parachute
Parachutes
Woven
Thoughtful
Kindness

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