Rumi advised me to keep my spirit up in the branches of a … - Jim Harrison

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Rumi advised me to keep my spirit

up in the branches of a tree and not peek

out too far, so I keep mine in the very tall

willows along the irrigation ditch out back

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Rumi advised me to keep my spirit up in the branches of a tree and not peek out too far, so I keep mine in the very tall willows along the irrigat… - Jim Harrison

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