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@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ And what of the amount of time spent living into those personalities? When I sto
 > has spring, summer, and autumn in just a few  
 > minutes) — fall off and bump on the grave;\footnote{\cite[51]{duino}}
 
-She did not, but had she died, what then? I would be unwhole. I would have a rotting edge. I would have tape myself together around this missing self.
+She did not, but had she died, what then? I would be unwhole. I would have a rotting edge. I would have to tape myself together around this missing self.
 
 > What will I do, sky? Lake, what? Bluebird, iris, ultramarine, how can there be more when this is done?\footnote{\cite[165]{timewar}}