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Wellsville, New York

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Wellsville, New York

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When This Brief Candle

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Tuesday night, January 17,2023

When this brief candle goes out nothing
we ever said or thought or did matters—
a king's corpse stinks as soon as does
a pauper's, yours and mine. We need
remember this in good and bad times.

Dennis Ryan

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Topic(s) of this poem: life,metaphor,human condition,existence,existentialism

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Life is ever so brief. We need remember that Death is the great equalizer.

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Written After Translating Basho's Tsuki Wa Aredo

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