“You burn with the flames of desire for someone that doesn’t notice or pay attention. Your love affair has not even begun and the flames are now burning into your soul. You can douse the flames; you must first walk away. Only then can you be transformed.”

—  Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

1977 (from the poem, Douse the Flames)

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