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<p>There will be those who come after, though. Perhaps you will come after. Perhaps you will yearn for that return to the mirrored world where memory does not die. Maybe those who come after will do so for other reasons, but they will come.</p>
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<p>Should I survive and then others come after, perhaps I will meet them. But it is best to assume that I will not. Maybe it is best to think of it as a sort of suicide, in the end. Here I am, going off to find a better place. One that is inaccessible to you or anyone, except perhaps some anonymous scientist in a lab, typing at a terminal.</p>
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<p>If I see you again, I will greet you with open arms. If I do not, know that I loved you to the last, in my own way.</p>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">Form</span>:
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">A</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">A</span><span class="s1">'</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">B</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">B</span><span class="s1">'</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">C</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">C</span><span class="s1">'</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">D1</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">D2</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">D3</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="nv">E</span>
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">1</span>. <span class="nv">I</span>
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">at</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">loss</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">images</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">this</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">days</span>:\\
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">sight</span> <span class="nv">but</span> <span class="nv">cannot</span> <span class="nv">see</span>.\\
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">words</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">speak</span> <span class="nv">them</span>,\\
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">cannot</span> <span class="nv">stop</span> <span class="nv">myself</span> <span class="nv">from</span> <span class="nv">speaking</span>.\\
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">goals</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">reach</span> <span class="k">for</span>,\\
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">wants</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">needs</span>.\\
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>, <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">so</span>?\\
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>, <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">no</span> <span class="nv">longer</span> <span class="nv">myself</span>?\\
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>, <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">buried</span> <span class="nv">beneath</span> <span class="nv">words</span>?\\
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<p>I have little else to offer but the words that plagued me while I was lost.</p>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">at</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">loss</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">images</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">this</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">days</span>:
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">sight</span> <span class="nv">but</span> <span class="nv">cannot</span> <span class="nv">see</span>.
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">words</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">speak</span> <span class="nv">them</span>,
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">cannot</span> <span class="nv">stop</span> <span class="nv">myself</span> <span class="nv">from</span> <span class="nv">speaking</span>.
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">goals</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">reach</span> <span class="k">for</span>,
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">wants</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">needs</span>.
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>, <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">so</span>?
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>, <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">no</span> <span class="nv">longer</span> <span class="nv">myself</span>?
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>, <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">buried</span> <span class="nv">beneath</span> <span class="nv">words</span>?
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<span class="nv">And</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">still</span> <span class="nv">dream</span> <span class="nv">even</span> <span class="k">while</span> <span class="nv">awake</span>.
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">2</span>. <span class="nv">Knowing</span> <span class="nv">death</span>
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<span class="nv">Life</span> <span class="nv">breeds</span> <span class="nv">life</span>, <span class="nv">but</span> <span class="nv">death</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">now</span> <span class="nv">be</span> <span class="nv">chosen</span>\\
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<span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">memory</span> <span class="nv">ends</span> <span class="nv">at</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">teeth</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">death</span>.\\
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<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">living</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">they</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">die</span>,\\
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<span class="nv">but</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">dead</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">nothing</span>.\\
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<span class="nv">Hold</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">name</span> <span class="nv">beneath</span> <span class="nv">your</span> <span class="nv">tongue</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">know</span>:\\
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<span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">you</span> <span class="nv">die</span>, <span class="nv">thus</span> <span class="nv">dies</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">memory</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">me</span>.\\
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<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">deny</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">deny</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">beginnings</span>,\\
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<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">deny</span> <span class="nv">beginnings</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">become</span> <span class="nv">immortal</span>,\\
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<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">become</span> <span class="nv">immortal</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">repeat</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">past</span>,\\
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<span class="nv">Life</span> <span class="nv">breeds</span> <span class="nv">life</span>, <span class="nv">but</span> <span class="nv">death</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">now</span> <span class="nv">be</span> <span class="nv">chosen</span>
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<span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">memory</span> <span class="nv">ends</span> <span class="nv">at</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">teeth</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">death</span>.
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<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">living</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">they</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">die</span>,
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<span class="nv">but</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">dead</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">nothing</span>.
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<span class="nv">Hold</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">name</span> <span class="nv">beneath</span> <span class="nv">your</span> <span class="nv">tongue</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">know</span>:
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<span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">you</span> <span class="nv">die</span>, <span class="nv">thus</span> <span class="nv">dies</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">memory</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">me</span>.
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<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">deny</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">deny</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">beginnings</span>,
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<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">deny</span> <span class="nv">beginnings</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">become</span> <span class="nv">immortal</span>,
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<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">become</span> <span class="nv">immortal</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">repeat</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">past</span>,
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<span class="nv">which</span> <span class="nv">cannot</span> <span class="nv">itself</span>, <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span>, <span class="nv">be</span> <span class="nv">denied</span>.
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">4</span>. <span class="nv">Memory</span>
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<span class="nv">Oh</span>, <span class="nv">but</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">whom</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">speak</span> <span class="nv">these</span> <span class="nv">words</span>?
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<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">whom</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">plead</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">case</span>?
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<span class="nv">From</span> <span class="nv">whence</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">call</span> <span class="nl">out</span>?
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<span class="nv">What</span> <span class="nv">right</span> <span class="nv">have</span> <span class="nv">I</span>?
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<span class="nv">No</span> <span class="nv">ranks</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">angels</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">answer</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">dreamers</span>,
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<span class="nv">No</span> <span class="nv">unknowable</span> <span class="nv">spaces</span> <span class="nv">echo</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">words</span>.
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<span class="nv">Before</span> <span class="nv">whom</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">kneel</span>, <span class="nv">contrite</span>?
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<span class="nv">Behind</span> <span class="nv">whom</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">await</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">judgment</span>?
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<span class="nv">Beside</span> <span class="nv">whom</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">face</span> <span class="nv">death</span>?
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<span class="nv">And</span> <span class="nv">why</span> <span class="k">wait</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">an</span> <span class="nv">answer</span>?
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">5</span>. <span class="nv">Time</span>
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<span class="nv">Time</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">finger</span> <span class="nv">pointing</span> <span class="nv">at</span> <span class="nv">itself</span>
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<span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">it</span> <span class="nv">might</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">world</span> <span class="nv">orders</span>.
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<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">world</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">an</span> <span class="nv">audience</span> <span class="nv">before</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">stage</span>
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<span class="nv">where</span> <span class="nv">it</span> <span class="nv">watches</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">slow</span> <span class="nv">hours</span> <span class="nv">progress</span>.
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<span class="nv">And</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">are</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">motes</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">stage</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="nv">lights</span>,
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<span class="nv">Beholden</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">heat</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">lamps</span>.
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">walk</span> <span class="nv">backward</span>, <span class="nv">time</span> <span class="nv">moves</span> <span class="nv">forward</span>.
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">walk</span> <span class="nv">forward</span>, <span class="nv">time</span> <span class="nv">rushes</span> <span class="nv">on</span>.
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">stand</span> <span class="nv">still</span>, <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">world</span> <span class="nv">moves</span> <span class="nv">around</span> <span class="nv">me</span>,
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<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">only</span> <span class="nv">constant</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">change</span>.
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<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">3</span>. <span class="nv">Names</span>
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<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">only</span> <span class="nv">time</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">true</span> <span class="nv">name</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>.\\
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<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">only</span> <span class="nv">time</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">need</span> <span class="nv">an</span> <span class="nv">answer</span>.\\
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<span class="nv">Why</span> <span class="nv">ask</span> <span class="nv">questions</span>, <span class="nv">here</span> <span class="nv">at</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">things</span>?\\
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<span class="nv">Why</span> <span class="nv">ask</span> <span class="nv">questions</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">answers</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">help</span>?\\
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<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">one</span><span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">s true name is to know god.</span><span class="se">\\</span>
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<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">answer</span> <span class="nv">unasked</span> <span class="nv">questions</span>.\\
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<span class="k">Do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">after</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">things</span>?\\
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<span class="k">Do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">remember</span> <span class="nv">myself</span>?\\
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<span class="k">Do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>?\\
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<span class="nv">Memory</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">mirror</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">hammered</span> <span class="nv">silver</span>:
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<span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">weapon</span> <span class="nv">against</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">waking</span> <span class="nv">world</span>.
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<span class="nv">Dreams</span> <span class="nv">are</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">plate</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="nv">glass</span> <span class="nv">atop</span> <span class="nv">memory</span>:
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<span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">clarifying</span> <span class="nv">agent</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">reflects</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">sun</span>.
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<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">waking</span> <span class="nv">world</span> <span class="nv">fogs</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">view</span>,
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<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">time</span> <span class="nv">makes</span> <span class="nv">prey</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">remembering</span>.
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">remember</span> <span class="nv">sands</span> <span class="nv">beneath</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">feet</span>.
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">remember</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">rattle</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">dry</span> <span class="nv">grass</span>.
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<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">remember</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">names</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">things</span>,
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<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">forget</span> <span class="nv">them</span> <span class="nv">only</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">wake</span>.
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">bathe</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">dreams</span>,
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<span class="k">then</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">be</span> <span class="nv">willing</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">submerge</span> <span class="nv">myself</span>.
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">submerge</span> <span class="nv">myself</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">memory</span>,
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<span class="k">then</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">be</span> <span class="nv">true</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">myself</span>.
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<span class="k">If</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">am</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">always</span> <span class="nv">be</span> <span class="nv">true</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">myself</span>,
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<span class="k">then</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">ways</span> <span class="nv">be</span> <span class="nv">earnest</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">keep</span> <span class="nv">no</span> <span class="nv">veil</span> <span class="nv">between</span> <span class="nv">me</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">words</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">set</span> <span class="nv">no</span> <span class="nv">stones</span> <span class="nv">between</span> <span class="nv">me</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">actions</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="k">show</span> <span class="nv">no</span> <span class="nv">hesitation</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">speaking</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">name</span>,
|
||||
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">only</span> <span class="nv">posession</span>.
|
||||
|
||||
<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">only</span> <span class="nv">time</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">true</span> <span class="nv">name</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">The</span> <span class="nv">only</span> <span class="nv">time</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">need</span> <span class="nv">an</span> <span class="nv">answer</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">Why</span> <span class="nv">ask</span> <span class="nv">questions</span>, <span class="nv">here</span> <span class="nv">at</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">things</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">Why</span> <span class="nv">ask</span> <span class="nv">questions</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">answers</span> <span class="nv">will</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">help</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">one</span><span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">s true name is to know god.</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">answer</span> <span class="nv">unasked</span> <span class="nv">questions</span>.
|
||||
<span class="k">Do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">after</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">all</span> <span class="nv">things</span>?
|
||||
<span class="k">Do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">remember</span> <span class="nv">myself</span>?
|
||||
<span class="k">Do</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">know</span> <span class="nv">god</span> <span class="nv">when</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">dream</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">May</span> <span class="k">then</span> <span class="nv">my</span> <span class="nv">name</span> <span class="nv">die</span> <span class="nv">with</span> <span class="nv">me</span>.
|
||||
|
||||
<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">6</span>. <span class="nv">Rage</span>
|
||||
|
||||
<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">7</span>. <span class="nv">Contrition</span>
|
||||
|
||||
<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">8</span>. <span class="nv">Praise</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">Those</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">lived</span> <span class="nv">are</span> <span class="nv">forever</span> <span class="nv">praiseworthy</span>,\\
|
||||
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">they</span>, <span class="nv">knowing</span> <span class="nv">not</span>, <span class="nv">provide</span> <span class="nv">life</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">death</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">Dear</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">wheat</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">rye</span> <span class="nv">under</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">stars</span>:\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">serene</span><span class="c1">; sustained and sustaining.\\</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">Dear</span>, <span class="nv">also</span>, <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">tree</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">was</span> <span class="nv">felled</span>\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">which</span> <span class="nv">offered</span> <span class="nv">heat</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">warmth</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">fire</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">What</span> <span class="nv">praise</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">by</span> <span class="nv">consuming</span>,\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">what</span> <span class="nv">gifts</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">death</span>,\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">what</span> <span class="nv">lives</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">lead</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">lead</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">memory</span>,\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">That</span> <span class="nv">which</span> <span class="nv">lives</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">forever</span> <span class="nv">praiseworthy</span>,
|
||||
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">they</span>, <span class="nv">knowing</span> <span class="nv">not</span>, <span class="nv">provide</span> <span class="nv">life</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">death</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">Dear</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">wheat</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">rye</span> <span class="nv">under</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">stars</span>:
|
||||
<span class="nv">serene</span><span class="c1">; sustained and sustaining.</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">Dear</span>, <span class="nv">also</span>, <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">tree</span> <span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">was</span> <span class="nv">felled</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">which</span> <span class="nv">offers</span> <span class="nv">heat</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">warmth</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">fire</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">What</span> <span class="nv">praise</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">by</span> <span class="nv">consuming</span>,
|
||||
<span class="nv">what</span> <span class="nv">gifts</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">give</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">death</span>,
|
||||
<span class="nv">what</span> <span class="nv">lives</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">lead</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">lead</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">memory</span>,
|
||||
<span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">memory</span> <span class="nv">lies</span> <span class="nv">beneath</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">roots</span>.
|
||||
|
||||
<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">9</span>. <span class="nv">Volta</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="nv">honing</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">forging</span>, <span class="nv">maybe</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">should</span> <span class="nv">forge</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">Among</span> <span class="nv">those</span> <span class="nv">who</span> <span class="nv">create</span> <span class="nv">are</span> <span class="nv">those</span> <span class="nv">who</span> <span class="nv">forge</span>:\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">They</span> <span class="nv">move</span> <span class="nv">from</span> <span class="nv">creation</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">creation</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">Among</span> <span class="nv">those</span> <span class="nv">who</span> <span class="nv">create</span> <span class="nv">are</span> <span class="nv">those</span> <span class="nv">who</span> <span class="nv">forge</span>:
|
||||
<span class="nv">They</span> <span class="nv">move</span> <span class="nv">from</span> <span class="nv">creation</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">creation</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">And</span> <span class="nv">those</span> <span class="nv">who</span> <span class="nv">remain</span> <span class="nv">are</span> <span class="nv">those</span> <span class="nv">who</span> <span class="nv">hone</span>:
|
||||
<span class="nv">They</span> <span class="nv">perfect</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">single</span> <span class="nv">art</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">cruel</span> <span class="nv">point</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">forge</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">own</span> <span class="nv">beginnings</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">hone</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">relinquish</span> <span class="nv">ends</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">perpetual</span> <span class="nv">starts</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">They</span> <span class="nv">perfect</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">single</span> <span class="nv">art</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">a</span> <span class="nv">cruel</span> <span class="nv">point</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">forge</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="k">end</span>, <span class="nv">and</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">own</span> <span class="nv">beginnings</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">hone</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">trade</span> <span class="nv">ends</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">perpetual</span> <span class="nv">starts</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">In</span> <span class="nv">this</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">days</span>, <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">must</span> <span class="nv">begin</span> <span class="nv">anew</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">In</span> <span class="nv">this</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">days</span>, <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">seek</span> <span class="nv">an</span> <span class="k">end</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">In</span> <span class="nv">this</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">days</span>, <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">reach</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">new</span> <span class="nv">beginnings</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">that</span> <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="nv">may</span> <span class="nv">find</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">middle</span> <span class="nv">path</span>.
|
||||
|
||||
<span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">10</span>. <span class="nv">The</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">death</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">May</span> <span class="nv">one</span> <span class="nv">day</span> <span class="nv">death</span> <span class="nv">itself</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">die</span>?\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">rejoice</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">endings</span>?\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">What</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">correct</span> <span class="nv">thing</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">hope</span> <span class="k">for</span>?\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">know</span>, <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">know</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">pray</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">endings</span>\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">pray</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">memory</span>.\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">forget</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">lives</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">lead</span>?\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">forget</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">names</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">dead</span>?\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">forget</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">wheat</span>, <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">rye</span>, <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">tree</span>?\\
|
||||
<span class="nv">May</span> <span class="nv">one</span> <span class="nv">day</span> <span class="nv">death</span> <span class="nv">itself</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">die</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">rejoice</span> <span class="nv">in</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">endings</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">What</span> <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">correct</span> <span class="nv">thing</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">hope</span> <span class="k">for</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">know</span>, <span class="nv">I</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="nv">not</span> <span class="nv">know</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">To</span> <span class="nv">pray</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">endings</span>
|
||||
<span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">to</span> <span class="nv">pray</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="k">end</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">memory</span>.
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">forget</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">lives</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">lead</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">forget</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">names</span> <span class="nv">of</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">dead</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">Should</span> <span class="nv">we</span> <span class="nv">forget</span> <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">wheat</span>, <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">rye</span>, <span class="nv">the</span> <span class="nv">tree</span>?
|
||||
<span class="nv">Perhaps</span> <span class="nv">this</span>, <span class="nv">too</span>, <span class="nv">is</span> <span class="nv">meaningless</span>.
|
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<p>May this be the end of death. Failing that, may the memory of me die and be food for the growth for those who come after.</p>
|
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<p>Yours,</p>
|
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<p>AwDae</p>
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