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“The Fourth Death” by Utunu

Today we present “The Fourth Death” a poem by Utunu, author of ‘Rafts’ and ‘Far Flung’; you can find out more about him and his books at mapakuvillage.com.

Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.

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is

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Rob

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MacWolf,

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your

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fellow

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we

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present “The

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Death”

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a

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poem

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by

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Utunu,

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author

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of ‘Rafts’

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and ‘Far Flung’;

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you can

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find

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out

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more

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about

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him

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and

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his

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books

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at

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mapakuvillage.com

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enjoy


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Fourth

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a

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poem

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by

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Utunu

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suffer

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from

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fate

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of

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death

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by

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thirds.
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first

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face

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life’s

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inevitable

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end,
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second, a

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return

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to

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earth

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once

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third,

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we

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disappear

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from

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others’

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thoughts
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names

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longer

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gone.

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gods

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immortal

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do

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not

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share

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first
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linger,

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worshippers

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dark,
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rustling

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hidden

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in

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old

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forests

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thick,
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gleaming

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motes in

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warm

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and sunlit

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streams—
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a

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by Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker.

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