Chris Mullin quote ✍️

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I poked Kenny Walker in the eye by accident. Every time I saw him, I used to apologize to him when I saw him in the NBA.
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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E
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E
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENE
Hint 3 another clue
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