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The Teacher.

Publisher	Modern Poetry Association
Publication	Poetry
Subject	Literature/writing
Format	Magazine/Journal
ISSN	0032-2032
Issues per Year	12
Volume	183
Issue	2
Published	2003-11-01

Role	Type	Name
Author	n/a	Billy Collins

THE TEACHER

   There is that part of us that believes
   we will never die--otherwise,
   how could we watch so much television,

   and there is the part that believes
   when we die, all life will come to an end.
   This is the part that storms within us
   dragging its robes across the marble floor.

   But what I like to believe
   is that the minute I die,
   the world will change into a map of the world

   which I will roll up into a tube
   and carry with me wherever I am going.

   It could be an antique map with pictures
   of sea serpents in the corners
   or a huge...

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