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There are more people alive now than have ever lived |
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I read that somewhere and instantly thought it impossible but if it were to be true |
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I wonder that, if we keep living this fast, no-one will have time to die |
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I've met people whose lovers died in war and i've wondered what this helplessness could be like |
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One minute there's a whole life entwined with yours and the next, just a space and scattered clues |
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When I watch old films in which animals appear |
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I get sad because those animals are certainly dead now |
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And that certainty prompts my private epitaph and I have to say it out loud |
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"That dog is dead, that cat is dead, that horse is dead..." |
