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Category: Robert Pinsky

ABC by Robert Pinsky

By T. on September 7, 2005September 3, 2010 5 Comments

Discovered this last June.

ABC
Robert Pinsky

Any body can die, evidently. Few
Go happily, irradiating joy,

Knowledge, love. Many
Need oblivion, painkillers,
Quickest respite.

Sweet time unafflicted,
Various world:
X=your zenith.

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