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Research by A.Y. Tanaka Some search our fate and agree we survive, but to linger or go elsewhere? If we linger, for rest or vengeance? Death is the unclear conspiracy in others' hearts. To risk is to soar -- higher, if it risks their anger. Not till Death's smoker do we shake hands again, trade cigars, talk about it. Death is the goal. Life was the detour that tricked us onto the gravel shoulder, wheels spinning and sinking as we try to get back.