“Death makes angels of us all
and gives us wings
where we had shoulders
smooth as raven's
claws”

—  Jim Morrison

An American Prayer (1978)
Variant: Death makes angels of us all
and gives us wings
where we had shoulders
smooth a raven´s claws…

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lead singer of The Doors 1943–1971

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