carpe diem

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time takes
the best of us

no matter how loud we cry
or scream
or wail

death comes knocking
on that worn down door
calling out "anyone in there?"
again
and again
and again
until the only thing death
can come knocking for
is the dust on the bookshelf
and the sheet music on the piano

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