When I have to die, I would like to die on a day of rain - … - Mary Oliver

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When I have to die, I would like to die
on a day of rain -
long rain, slow rain, the kind you think will never end.

Mary Oliver

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Mary Jane Oliver (10 September 1935 – 17 January 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

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When I have to die, I would like to die on a day of rain - long rain, slow rain, the kind you think will never end. - Mary Oliver

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