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So, the world happens twice-- once what we see it as second it legends itself deep, the way it is.

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William Stafford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: January 17
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
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Hutchinson
Kansas
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Second
Happens
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World
Legends
Twice

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