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She faced that possibility as she might the toy street from a high
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balcony, roller-coaster ride, feeding time among the beasts in a zoo,
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any death wish that can be consummated by some minimum gesture.
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She touched the edge of its voluptuous field,
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knowing it would be lovely beyond dreams,
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simply to submit to it, that not gravity's pull,
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laws of ballistics, feral ravening promised more delight.
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She tested it, shivering.
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I am meant to remember.
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Each clue that comes is supposed to have its own clarity,
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its fine chances for permanence,
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but then she wondered if the gemlike clues