Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though c…

John Updike
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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. ✨ John Updike (2012). Collected Poems, 1953-1993, p.186, Knopf
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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. ✨ John Updike (2012). Collected Poems, 1953-1993, p.186, Knopf

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