He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpie…

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He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world. ✨ Death of a Salesman. Play by Arthur Miller, 1949.
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He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world. ✨ Death of a Salesman. Play by Arthur Miller, 1949.

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