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- This Mind of Dying, Every Riven Thing (2010); Full poem read in OnBeing licensed publication, credited copyright2010ChristianWiman/FarrarStrausGiroux. Final two complete sentences retained as prayer in face of mortality. Not a factual claim about an afterlife. Direct retrieval403; cached selected we
- This Mind of Dying, Every Riven Thing (2010)
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