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For Dancer

When lovers die they blossom
grapes
That's why there's so much
wine in love
That's why I'm still drunk
on you




Quotes of the Day

I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.
• Steven Wright


Poems of the Day
  • Herman Melville
    42. Tidings -
    by Herman Melville
    Some of the strangers late arrived Tarried with Abdon at the inn; And, ere long, having viewed the town Would travel further, and pass on To Siddim, and the Dead Sea win