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"As One."

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This begins in prose and
then goes into lines.

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"After months apart,
my friend invites

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me to meet her at a
tourist spot in the town

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where we both used to live.

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We sit at a table in the
sun behind a mariachi band

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and speak rapidly, as
if trying to catch up.

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She says that what scientists
are learning about time

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suggests it may be possible
to see into the future.

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I agree by mangling quotes
from Gödel and Hawking.

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If the entire universe
is spinning, and why not,

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time may be circular.

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We interrupt each other
frequently as if excited,

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though, in fact, we have
had this conversation

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several times before.

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Harsh words come to
mind, burst in uninvited.

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They may refer to me, but I
speak them aloud to myself,

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by myself, which makes
them less convincing.

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There are really only two ideas.

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A, we can be represented.

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Someone can take our place
or suffer in our stead.

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B, this has happened
already in the distant past,

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and all we need
do is recall it."

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That must have had something to
do with my religious upbringing

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too.