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" When

When it’s over, it’s over, and we don’t know
any of us, what happens then.
So I try not to miss anything.
I think, in my whole life, I have never missed
The full moon
or the slipper of its coming back.
Or, a kiss.
Well, yes, especially a kiss. "

Mary Oliver , Swan: Poems and Prose Poems


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Mary Oliver quote : When <br /><br />When it’s over, it’s over, and we don’t know<br /> any of us, what happens then.<br />So I try not to miss anything.<br />I think, in my whole life, I have never missed<br /> The full moon<br />or the slipper of its coming back.<br />Or, a kiss.<br />Well, yes, especially a kiss.