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*We don't need
Other worlds
We need mirrors
We need thin waists
And a hysteresis curve
To the hips
Let us drink in the sea
And laugh as our number
Comes up
Let us commit
To be noncommittal
And talk nary a word
On age and death
Over afternoon tea
In the bright withered garden
Where the goodness of man
Longed to be more
Than its darkling reflection*
~
Sep 4, 2020
Sep 4, 2020 at 11:27 AM UTC
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*We don't need
Other worlds
We need mirrors
We need thin waists
And a hysteresis curve
To the hips
Let us drink in the sea
And laugh as our number
Comes up
Let us commit
To be noncommittal
And talk nary a word
On age and death
Over afternoon tea
In the bright withered garden
Where the goodness of man
Longed to be more
Than its darkling reflection*
~
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