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"make a heavenly Lethean flood
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"And drown in it my sin's black memory
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"That thou remember them,
some claim as debt
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"I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget"
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A typical prayer would plead,
"Remember me, O Lord."
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True believers ask to be
remembered by God.
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The speaker of this sonnet
asks God to forget.
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We want to correct the speaker.
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To remind him of
the assurance of salvation.
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But it's too late,
the poetic encounter is over.
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We are left to our own consciences.
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- Have we outwitted Donne?
- Miss Bearing.
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Or, have we been outwitted?
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What is it?
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You have to go down for a test.
Jason just called.
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Another ultrasound.
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They're concerned
about a bowel obstruction.
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- No, not now.
- I'm sorry, they want it now.
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Not right now,
it's not supposed to be now.
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They want to do it now, I've got the chair.
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It should not be now, I...
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I have this planned for now,
not an ultrasound.
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- No more tests, we've covered that.
- I know.
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But they need for it to be now.
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It isn't a bad procedure and it won't take
long, so why don't you come now?
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I do not want to go now.