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I Know How My Story Ends

The final plot is the hardest to conceive

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Amy L Bernstein
Oct 21, 2023
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Don’t we all, deep, deep down, doubt the reality of our finality?

Today while sipping my morning coffee, I consigned myself to eternity.

I filled out a form promising to commit my human remains to the Vermont Forest Cemetery.

This is how it goes:

That most mundane, tedious, bureaucratic act of all—completing a FORM—opens …

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