This is the creature there has never been. They never knew it, and yet, none the less, they loved the way it moved, its suppleness, its neck, its very gaze, mild and serene. Not there, because they loved it, it behavedas though it were. They always left some space. And in that clear unpeopled space they savedit lightly reared its head, with scarce a traceof not being there. They fed it, not with corn, but only with the possibilityof being. And that was able to confersuch strength, its brow put forth a horn. One horn.within the silver mirror and in her. Rainer Maria Rilke
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This is the creature there has never been. They never knew it, and yet, none the less, they loved the way it moved, its suppleness, its neck, its very gaze, mild and serene. Not there because they loved it, it behaved as though it were. They always left some space.

And in that clear unpeopled space they saved it lightly reared its head, withscarce a trace of not being there. They fed it, not with corn but only with the possibility of being. And that was able to confersuch strength, its brow put forth a horn.

One horn within the silver mirror and in her.

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