I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

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'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.

'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to...

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to...

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or...

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or...

I don't think I do have a soul.

I don't think I do have a soul.