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“Death of a Soldier” by Wallace Stevens 🇺🇸 (2 Oct 1879 – 2 Aug 1955)
Life contracts and death is expected,
As in a season of autumn.
The soldier falls.
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He does not become a three-days personage,
Imposing his separation,
Calling for pomp.
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Death is absolute and without memorial,
As in a season of autumn,
When the wind stops,
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When the wind stops and, over the heavens,
The clouds go, nevertheless,
In their direction.