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Eight Billion Lives

2026 · STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

A hospice nurse in Oakland holds
Nine strangers’ hands until they’re cold

A shaman in the jungle pours
A bitter brew, his vision soars

A highline walker strings the line
A thousand feet above the pines

An oil sheikh in Riyadh owns
A dozen houses but no home

A war correspondent has to learn
To love a town and watch it burn

Eight billion lives are lived alone
A private grief, a pride unknown
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