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In Blackwater Woods
- Mary OliverTo live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold itagainst your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
This is not yet the time to let it go.
Posted: 2025 May 03
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