“I do not need your loving words
or hurried kiss
as night comes down
in the place where we once lived
innocent as children,
and happier.”

Red Winged Birds (1917)

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Russian modernist poet 1889–1966

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Say the word, Qhuinn. Do it and I'll spend the night with you.

Better yet, why don't you just kiss me”

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