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Whispers

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Suppose and this is just supposing,     though it is a supposition of the highest order,     I were to die tomorrow     A roar denoting silence?     At work, if tradition is the dictate,     something eulogistic would find itself being said.     I am more calm.     I perceive their layers more shrilly.     Past the lipservice     and shocked surprise,     whispers, rumours and     the grapevine would bruit     around a different legacy.     And the open bier?     An embrassassment.     What more could be left unsaid?

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