A Birth Death Thing, Hurricane Protection, Working Where We Are
"This birth thing. And this death thing. Each one had its turn. We entered alone, and we left alone. And most of us lived lonely and frightened and incomplete lives. An incomparable sadness descended on me. Seeing all that life that must die. Seeing all that life that would first turn to hate, to dementia, to neuroses, to stupidity, to fear, to murder, …
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