The ghosts that exert the most power in people__ lives-at least, the people I know__end to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.
As when we can recall so vividlyWe almost touch,Or think of all the gestures that we failedTo make.
Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative
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As when we can recall so vividlyWe almost touch,Or think of all the gestures that we failedTo make.
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