He's kissing me. And when he does, part of me is lost. But it's the part that's twisted and mangled and wrong, and for just that moment, with his hands in my hair and his lips on my mouth, I can pretend that it never existed.


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APRIL this year, not otherwise
Than April of a year ag...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
Moon, that against the lintel of the west
Your forehead lean until the gate be swung,
Long...
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After all, my erstwhile dear,
My no longer cherished,
Need we say it was not love,
Ju...
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Ebb

I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a holl...
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Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be;
Take her head upon your knee.
S...
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Childhood Is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies.
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For men that are afraid to die
Must warm their hands before a lie;
The fire that's built o...
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Love is Not All

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink
Nor slumber nor a r...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
Dirge Without Music

I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the...
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