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I think I'll read one more poem
before I read a few new poems,

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and I guess that'll be it.

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This is called "Not Dying."

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These wrinkles are nothing.

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These gray hairs are nothing.

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This stomach, which sags
with old food, these bruised

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and swollen ankles, my darkening
brain, they are nothing.

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I am the same boy my
mother used to kiss.

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The years change nothing.

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On windless summer nights,
I feel those kisses slide

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from her dark lips far away.

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And in winter, they float
over the frozen pines

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and arrive covered with snow.

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They keep me young.

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My passion for milk
is uncontrollable.

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Still, I am driven by innocence.

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From bed to chair, I
crawl and back again.

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I shall not die.

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The grave result and
token of birth, my body,

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remembers and holds fast.

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OK.

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Now I'll read a few new poems.

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