I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon …

Henry Miller
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I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots. ✨ Henry Miller (2007). Black Spring, p.24, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots. ✨ Henry Miller (2007). Black Spring, p.24, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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