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" Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss. "

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" I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer. "

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" I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts. "

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