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THIS STRANGE LONGING HAS
OVERTAKEN ME ON THE SLY.
HOW DID YOU CAPTURE ME?
STRONG ALOOF PROUD
WISE HIDDEN ME -- captured!!!
I FEEL DRUNKEN SWOONING DIZZY SICK,
WORTHLESS FOR WORK,
CRAVING, TENDER ABANDONOUS
--ALL MY STUDIED
LOVE THEORIES ECLIPSED
CAPSIZED DROWNED OVERTAKEN
BY THIS MAD DESIRE, JOY,
RESPECT, HORRID
-MOURNFUL LONGING
--THE WORST OF MY AILMENTS IS NOT
MY COMPLETE INABILITY TO THINK
OF ANY PRODUCTIVE THING BUT YOU
--RATHER IT IS THE MOURNFUL
REPETITIVE CRAVING
--CLUTCHING REACHING FOR
AN absent YOU!
OH WRETCHED HOURS
--THIS LIFE WILL STRETCH
AN ETERNITY AND
I'LL CARE NOT AT ALL TO STEEP
MYSELF IN THE LOVEPLAYS
OF THAT GREAT LOOMING MASTER
SHAKESPEARE-
YES THE PLAY'S THE THING
WHEREIN I MYSELF AM CAUGHT
--AND FOR ME TO LEARN NOTHING
OF THE PASSIONS OF the YOUNG.
OH SADNESS, MY dearest ONE
--HOW I LONG FOR YOU
--FROM WHEN WE FINALLY MEET
I WILL HOLD YOU GENTLY
LIKE SOME SMALL PRECIOUS CREATURE
-- AND SPILL JOY INTO YOU
UNTIL IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO FLY AWAY...
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