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Last Line: To pay you scrutiny
Subject(s): Human Rights; Death


The right to perish might be thought
An undisputed right -
Attempt it, and the Universe
Upon the opposite
Will concentrate its officers -
You cannot even die
But nature and mankind must pause
To pay you scrutiny




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