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FROM A LONG WAY OUT OF PAH-GATZIN-KAY by THOMAS MCGRATH

First Line: WITH ALL THOSE I LOVE
Last Line: I hold myself in my own arms like a dead friend
Subject(s): CHINA; TRAVEL; WEARINESS; JOURNEYS; TRIPS; FATIGUE;
With all those I love
Shining
In radiant light
On the other side of the world,
I lie down in this
Darkness.
I straighten my legs.
I close my eyes.
I try to dream of my own waking.
I hold myself in my own arms like a dead friend.


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