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On this side of the window
A shower of chrysanthemum.
Outside, torrential rain.
From this distance the world appears mute.
But if somewhere someone is singing
It's because someone somewhere is listening.
If this were the last day of my life, would I know it?
And if I did
Would I pretend otherwise?
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