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19 Sep 2007, 1:49 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

I am the widower, the unconsoled one,
prince of acquaintance with the abolished tower…?

yes, it's from a poem called 'El desdichado' by gerard de nerval if I remember correctly (poem in french with Spanish title - don't ask)

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19 Sep 2007, 2:10 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Autisttypid wrote:

Morbus Gravis

Death is heavy?

But Ive gotten Burden of Death before

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19 Sep 2007, 2:33 pm

Autisttypid wrote:

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Autisttypid wrote:

Morbus Gravis

Death is heavy?

But Ive gotten Burden of Death before

Ahh, but I think we all gravitate toward the grave, don't we? Every second is a second closer to the end.

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