“Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.”

— Stevie Smith

"Not Waving But Drowning"
Not Waving but Drowning (1957)

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poet, novelist, illustrator, performer 1902–1971

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