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When you grow to become visible in the world / and build a nest / above your head / there are times when you fly up there / and it is light and swims in the air

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Mirkka Elina Rekola (26 June 1931 – 5 February 2014) was a Finnish writer from Tampere who published poems, aphorisms, essays.

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Alternative Names: Mirkka Elina Rekola

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