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Because we are here, let us dance

Stephen King and Bridget Carpenter
December 2018 (Vol. XXXI, No. 11)
We did not ask for this room or this music; we were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces toward the light. Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty...We did not ask for this room or this music. But because we are here, let us dance.
~ Stephen King and Bridget Carpenter in a poem from 11.22.63
11.22.63
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