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ou being in lovewill tell who softly asks in love, am i separated from your body smile brain hands merelyto become the jumping puppets of a dream? oh i mean:entirely having in my careful howcareful arms created this at lengthinexcusable, this inexplicable pleasure--you go from severalpersons:believe me that strangers arrivewhen i have kissed you into a memoryslowly, oh seriously--that since and if you disappear solemnlymyselvesask “life, the question how do i drink dream smile and how do i prefer this face to another andwhy do i weep eat sleep--what does the whole intend”they wonder. ohandthey cry “to be,being,thatiamalivethis absurd fraction in its lowest termswith everything cancelledbut shadows--what does it all come down to? love? Loveif you like and i like, for the reason that ihate people and lean out of this window is love,loveand the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love and the reason that i do not fall into this street is love.”
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