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For the Anniversary of My Death BY W. S. MERWIN Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me And the silence will set out Tireless traveler Like the beam of a lightless star Then I will no longer Find myself in life as in a strange garment Surprised at the earth And the love of one woman And the shamelessness of men As today writing after three days of rain Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease And bowing not knowing to what

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For the Anniversary of My Death BY W. S. MERWIN Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me And the silence will set out Tireless traveler Like the beam of a lightless star Then I will no longer Find myself in life as in a strange garment Surprised at the earth And the love of one woman And the shamelessness of men As today writing after three days of rain Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease And bowing not knowing to what
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Molly Cantrell-Kraig (mckra1g@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Dec-2022 05:57:26 UTC Molly Cantrell-Kraig

One of these days, it’s bound to happen. Preferably not right now. I’d like to keep living.
#poetry #GoodNight #poem

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