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That sale will feature the end piece of a lunar meteorite that Sotheby's says is the second most massive piece of the Moon on Earth.

“Rap’s almost like math to me. ... I write something and whether I want it to rhyme or I’m trying to connect a certain metaphor, I’m like, ‘This is my end piece.

Perhaps, as the Pulitzer-winning poet Mary Oliver wrote in Dog Talk, the end piece essay for the collection Dog Songs, some of the attachment relates to the way in which canines occupy a middle space between the wild and the tame worlds, interpreting that other place for us.

I listen for the scrape of the peeler along the length of the carrot; I watch as the brighter orange interior reveals itself and the dried outer layer drops into the sink; I snap off an end piece, crunch it between my teeth and consider its coarse texture and sweetness.

“And we’re looking at these players as assets. If they play here and they do well, we don’t want this to be the end piece. We want to move them on and transfer them into Europe and into Mexico or maybe even the MLS.”