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∴

i would give
very nearly everything
to have a home in you.

i think i did.

i think i do.

 

but what i wouldn’t give,
is what i couldn’t give,
for without it,
i myself
would cease to live.

 

if you should ask that of me,
you and i
would cease to be

and what a tragedy
that would be.

∴

 

 

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