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Freeing spirits of the dead, the living, and also unborn

This poem, Freeing the Spirits, was first broadcast on America’s National Public Radio (NPR) in January 2009 to mark our Cousin Barry’s inauguration as President of the United States.

It’s reproduced here with the permission of yours truly, who asserts the moral right as its author: If I knew I would live

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