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Dag Hammarskjold

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No...
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DAG HAMMARSKJöLD My home drove me
into the wilderness.
Few look for me. Few hear me.
DAG HAMMARSKJöLD This accidental
meeting of possibilities
calls itself I.

I ask: what am I doing...
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DAG HAMMARSKJöLD For all that has been,
Thank you.

For all that is to come,
Yes!
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