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poemBy Petra Kuppers
Welcome, dear somanauts. Let’s go on a journey together. And as we get going, we’ll think about ways in which we can protect ourselves, and prepare ourselves for our journey.
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poemBy Beth Ann Fennelly
reveals itself in retrospect. Unlike the first, whose March arrival bade you gasp, hands clasped, like a child actor instructed to show joy, when the last
Time is a body
that resembles
a sound without a scale.
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