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I've never stopped wanting to cross the equator, or touch anRita Dove
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Don't think you can ever forget her don't even try she's not going to budgeno choice but to grant her spacecrown her with skyfor she is one of the manyand she is each of usRita Dove
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Since she's discoveredmen would rather drownthan nibble, she does just fine.Rita Dove
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Women invented misery, but we don't understand it.Rita Dove
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The First BookOpen it. Go ahead, it won't bite. Well.. . maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You see, it keeps on opening. You may fall in. Sure, it's hard to get started;remember learning to useknife and fork? Dig in:you'll never reach bottom. It's not like it's the end of the world--just the world as you thinkyou know it.Rita Dove
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Our situation is intolerable, but what's worseis to sit here and do nothing.Rita Dove
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I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How could I count my blessingswhen I didn't know their names?Rita Dove
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Against Self-PityIt gets you nowhere but deeper intoyour own shit--pure misery a luxuryone never learns to enjoy.Rita Dove
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I tell you, if you feel strange, strange things will happen to you: Fallen peacocks on library shelvesRita Dove