“So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die,
Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough,
And Virtue also says:
We are not yet friends enough.”

—  Stevie Smith

"Exeat"
The Best Beast (1966)

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poet, novelist, illustrator, performer 1902–1971

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