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Excerpt from “Book 1” from Gunslinger by Edward Dorn. Copyright 1989 Edward Dorn. All rights reserved.
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Excerpt from Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu, translated by David Hinton
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Gossamurmur / Anne Waldman.
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ISBN: 978-1-101-59277-9
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PS3573.A4215G67 2013
811’.54—dc23 2012040614
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