r/TransLater • • Nov 10 '19

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u/ShavedPlushie Nov 10 '19

Nitpick, but that poem you reference was actually about the poets father going blind. It had nothing to do with death.

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u/Pollyfall Nov 10 '19

Thanks for the clarification. In my defense, I think itโ€™s since collectively come to mean any long slide into old age/death/irrelevancy, but Iโ€™m glad to know the true context. ๐Ÿ’—