Minna V

Maxwell BodenheimContemplative

Pain is a country cousin of yours. He flings buds of awakening desires Upon the stately weddings in your heart, And laughs. You must teach him better manners; Bind his mouth with pale sleep; Caress him with trailing hands That loosen the buds he has stolen, into flowers.

Maxwell Bodenheim

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