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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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February 18, 1999

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Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky’s Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet will be published in October. (June 2022)

This Issue

February 18, 1999

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