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“They find me odd, and whisper behind hands…And my brutal desires sink hooks into their lips…” quote by Arthur Rimbaud — Download Open image

““They find me odd, and whisper behind hands…And my brutal desires sink hooks into their lips…””

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“Delivered to oblivion...growing and flowering with incense and weeds to the sullen whine of nasty flies... I loved deserts, burnt out orchards, faded boutiques...I…

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I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.

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But the problem is to make the soul into a monster

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Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don't know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer…

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Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align; To whisper - both of us - in ecstasy!

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But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.

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What an old maid I'm getting to be. lacking the courage to be in love with death!

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