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The dying man prepares himself.

A member of the older generation - i.e. in their 80s or 90s - is interviewed about their life.

Open the door, walk down the street, The dark hides your hesitant steps, As sleep smothers the town, and you, alone, Can mark this day in fire ..

It starts with the pianist but then moves on to the Creator Who is Love

COMPASSION Love tears out The poisoned arrow of dread And heals his wound, Yet washes the man with tears. His eyes see more than he has be..

The colliding of reality which seems impossible to face with a choice of unreality - a mere dream of leaving.

A natural description of the process of creation in wonder and glory

The final act of a desperate man

Who is the one who is the beggar - the one who begs on the street, or the one who lives in a mansion?

The scene is typical of the dislocation of wartime - a cross between London and Warsaw in the 1940s