18 lines
604 B
Perl
18 lines
604 B
Perl
10 years ago
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#lang pollen
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◊h1{II. A Game of Chess}
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And still she cried, and still the world pursues,
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"Jug Jug" to dirty ears.
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And other withered stumps of time
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Were told upon the walls; staring forms
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Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
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Footsteps shuffled on the stair,
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Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair
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Spread out in fiery points
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Glowed into words, then would be savagely still.
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"My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me.
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Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak.
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What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
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I never know what you are thinking. Think."
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