“So I understand from your message that you may not come home,” he said. “I’m sorry,” she said to the screen. “As you imagine, I find the thought… distressing,” he said, and then a smile split his face, dancing in eyes she now saw were red with tears. “But what can I do about it? I teach poetry to graduate students. I have no power in this world. That has always been you. And so I want to offer you this. Don’t think about me. Don’t take your mind from what you’re doing on my account. And if you don’t…” Arjun took a deep breath. “If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not,
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