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Keywords

Elegy, Death of a friend, reflection

Document Type

Essay

Description

My sister never calls. That was my first sign of trouble, but I held the phone to my face as I took the elevator to my next class, my final undergraduate semester.

"What's up?" I said.

"Have you been on Facebook at all today?" "No."

She took a deep breath. "Hyrum passed away." "What?"

"Yeah. His mom and sister posted about it just now."

I wanted to hang up. "Let me figure this out:'

"Okay."

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