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Rated: ASR · Other · Other · #1663233
It used to be my Obituary.
WHEW!

Do not for me a tombstone make
In some near well-kept yard
Where hundreds more carv-ed plaques
Signal their regard.

For ere the marks this presence leaves
Are not for public eyes
Better to mark my passing with
A long reliev-ed sigh!

1970
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