For man also knoweth not his time.
(Ecclesiastes)
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the silver cord
the broken lamp
the overboard
the firedamp
the golden bowl
the unbeknown
the grassy knoll
the chicken bone
the shivered wheel
the shattered jar
the broken keel
the cattle car
the poor, the rich
the swift, the slack
the fool, the bitch
the heart attack
the weak, the strong
the sisters grim
the toll, the gong
the seraphim
remember Him
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