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Memento Mori

"A genre of artistic work which varies widely,
but which all share the same purpose:
to remind people of their own mortality.
The phrase has a tradition in art that dates back to antiquity."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
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QUILT
by Ms

 Emerging from a locked cupboard to show itself

 To take me briefly back in time

A witness once again

Remembering

Potent pasts

Mine and others

Known and unknown

Stories folded in the seams
Stitched down tight
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QUILTING 
by Lucille Clifton

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http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Quilting/Lucille-Clifton/e/9780918526816?r=1&cm_mmc=Google-_-Google%20Keyword%20less%20Ads-_-Site-_-_cat%3Abarnesandnoble.com&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=lucille+clifton+quilting&utm_campaign=Google%20Keyword%20less%20Ads&cm_mmca1=37698e5d-9d80-bd09-a2a1-000018100205
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