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My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Eye
Waking
Ends
Billions
Light
Flight
Years
Close
Couple
Beyond
Naps
Perhaps
Galaxy
Eyes
Billion

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