My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I h…

Adrienne Rich
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My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2002). The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems 1950-2001, p.183, W. W. Norton & Company
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My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2002). The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems 1950-2001, p.183, W. W. Norton & Company

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