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Ani DiFranco

Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall.

Ani DiFranco

Poetry

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Ani DiFranco is saying that beauty and poetry can appear naturally and unexpectedly in everyday moments without effort. She points out that even small, ordinary things like a handshake or writing on a bathroom wall can hold poetic meaning if you pay attention.

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