I'd make me into a brand new sailor if I were God Maybe the… - Ataol Behramoğlu

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I'd make me into a brand new sailor if I were God Maybe there were new things over there It comes from within me to write as though rabid, I'm hungry, do you understand Let the doctors call it what they will Who can know anything best of all What does it mean to know anything best Which religion doesn't grow old

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Ataol Behramoğlu (born 13 April 1942) is a Turkish poet, author, translator and columnist.

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