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by Tezza
Rated: E · Poetry · Emotional · #1772244
Written after visiting a friend in a hospice - she had been an avid reader.
If I should fail with illness,
or with age
Or some dark God should strike me down with rage
Leave me at least my eyes,
my mind,
and a hand to turn the page

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