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Poets Die

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Apr 17, 2021
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Poets die. They die

In parks, in hospitals, in cabs,

In Italy, in Alaska, in debt,

In nooses, in anonymity, in rags,

In slums, in mansions

Poets die. They die

At midnight, at noon, at dawn, 

At Breadloaf, a…

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