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I'd have to be really quick to describe clouds - a split second's enough for them to start being something else.
Wislawa Szymborska
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Wislawa Szymborska
Age: 88 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 2
Died: 2012
Died: February 1
Critic
Essayist
Literary Critic
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Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska
Szymborska
Something
Splits
Really
Quick
Describe
Clouds
Second
Start
Else
Enough
Split
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