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I'm a jack of many trades,411Please respect copyright.PENANAKi7NgJc1j1
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But they do not define me,411Please respect copyright.PENANAfnA6m1JP7b
They are just the things I do.411Please respect copyright.PENANARbLYyiTsyy
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What I write will not endure,411Please respect copyright.PENANABx1K0cLVuS
Much of it will not be read,411Please respect copyright.PENANAXUH0n0qFO6
Little of all I publish,411Please respect copyright.PENANAQNOLL1p8wg
Will survive long once I'm dead.411Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7eJ4Dkk5U
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I'd write if no one read me,411Please respect copyright.PENANA9usS0H4bdW
In ink, on sand or in blood,411Please respect copyright.PENANAGsu3DSWCCp
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I know that I will not stop.411Please respect copyright.PENANAHziEO390nv
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It is so for all of us,411Please respect copyright.PENANAKLuZN3VglL
Who are writers at our core,411Please respect copyright.PENANA2IJ0KBYGQ4
Writing is our very essence,411Please respect copyright.PENANAxjwHQBWQba
It is who we are, no more.411Please respect copyright.PENANA49IyVWsr8j
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Why I Write
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