“Very small, child, are the flying days of love, and men and women must catch them when they can, if they are to know love at all.”

"Empires of Foliage and Flower" (1987), first appeared as a limited edition chapbook from Cheap Street, Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Starwater Strains (2005)
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American science fiction and fantasy writer 1931–2019

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