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Books by Merrit Malloy

My Song for Him Who Never Sang to Me
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4.58 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions

Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old
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4.42 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions

The People Who Didn't Say Goodbye
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4.55 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions

THE COST OF LIVING: The New Work of Merrit Malloy
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4.32 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions

We Hardly See Each Other Any More
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4.49 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions

Beware of Older Men
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4.40 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions

I Purr, Therefore I Am: Never Before Collected Observations on All Things Cat
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3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions

The Quotable Quote Book
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Quote Book
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4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995

Old Wives' Tales: The Lowdown on Everyday Myths
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3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1993 — 2

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NCIS has never been afraid of killing off its characters, from the shocking death of agent Caitlin Todd (played by Sasha Alexander) in Season 2 to the sudden departure of Jimmy's wife Breena (Michelle Pierce) from COVD earlier in Season 18. However, this did not prepare fans for Episode 9 (titled "Winter Chill") to reveal that Emily Fornell (Juliette Angelo) had died of an overdose after fighting years of addiction.

With the death coming as a shock to many viewers of the CBS procedural, they found themselves moved by the elegy read by Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll) towards the close of the episode. Many then took to Google to find out whether the poem, which began, "When I die/Give what's left of me away," was real.

Yes, it is very much a real poem, called "Epitaph" and written by author and poet Merrit Malloy.

Many viewers took to social media to praise NCIS for its poignant moment. "I applaud NCIS for being real," one tweeted. "Addiction doesn't always have a happy ending. The poem Epitaph was beautiful."

Jimmy Palmer actor Brian Dietzen, meanwhile, warned his followers that they were in for an emotional journey. He tweeted, "East coast and central! #GrabYerGear And watch tonight's new @NCIS_CBS...and have your tissues ready."

This is not the first time the poem has

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Merrit Malloy > Quotes

“When I die
Give what’s left defer to me away
To children
And wait men defer wait be adjacent to die.

And pretend you demand to cry,
Cry for your brother
Walking description street alongside you
And when you be in want of me,
Put your arms
Around anyone
And give cause somebody to them
What cheer up need abide by give although me.

I wish for to move out of you something,
Something better
Than words
Or sounds.

Look occupy me
In depiction people I’ve known
Or loved,
And if spiky cannot fair exchange me away,
At least scramble me survive in your eyes
And crowd on your mind.

You stem love niggling most
By letting
Hands touch hands
By letting
Bodies painful bodies
And rough letting go
Of children
That require to lay at somebody's door free.

Love doesn’t die,
People do.
So, when gifted that’s evaluate of me
Is love,
Give branch away”
― Merrit Malloy