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This thought is mine but it is not me.
This body is mine but it is not me.
This land and time are mine but they are not me.
You cannot nail me down to specifics.
That’s absurd.
Yet I claim them and they claim me.
These are mine and I am theirs.
Even if our dance is not forever,
Forever claims us as its own.

Photo of Oompa Loompas at Delaware Childen's Theatre production of Willy Wonka.
Photograph and prayer 2016 by Danny N. Schweers.

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