Ways Other Than “Gentle” You Could Go into That Good Night

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Maybe try on a silk shirt, look in the mirror, and do a little self-evaluation before attempting this one.

God, the more we talk about it, the more going gentle into that good night sounds really appealing, doesn't it?

I'd never even thought about how to go into that good night, but now that the poem told me not to go gentle into that good night, I can't think of going any other way.

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Maybe try on a silk shirt, look in the mirror, and do a little self-evaluation before attempting this one. God, the more we talk about it, the more going gentle into that good night sounds really appealing, doesn't it? I'd never even thought about how to go into that good night, but now that the poem told me not to go gentle into that good night, I can't think of going any other way.

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Hey, what if you started going into that good night in a rambunctious manner, really going nuts, but then, once you got into that good night, you switched to going gentle?
As far as I can tell, there are no Welsh poets outlawing that kind of behavior.
Sometimes people tell their husbands that they only like going gentle into that good night.
I guess you could go gentle into that good afternoon and then just wait until the sun goes down.

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You'd need a smooth, cool aura to pull it off, though. Or maybe, don't go into that good night at all. What if you go gentle into a different night?

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