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THE AFTERLIFE by BILLY COLLINS

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First Line: WHEN YOU ARE PREPARING FOR SLEEP, BRUSHING YOUR TEETH
Last Line: every branch traced with the ghost writing of snow
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;

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