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If I have five monthsbefore the world endsmaybe I'll take my penand write on a pageall the wishes I never got

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If I have five months
before the world ends
maybe I'll take my pen
and write on a page
all the wishes I never got

If I have four days to live
before my eyes fail
to see the world
maybe I'll gaze at myself
in the mirror so I wouldn't
forget my face

If I have three days
and two hours
to grasp with my hands
the meaning of life I've lived
maybe I'll curl my fingers
towards heaven and shout
one last time about
the ills of the world

If I have one second
to breathe the polluted air
my ancestors left me
maybe I'll hold it for as long
as I could until I burst
into a shower of
thought and stardust
—no more

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