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when you pound at me, and question why i fail to respond to your questions
know that i am considering whether or not i should have accepted the flames for you once again-
eimaan
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when you pound at me, and question why i fail to respond to your questions
know that i am considering whether or not i should have accepted the flames for you once again-
The speaker is being pushed for answers. Someone keeps pounding at them, demanding to know why they won't respond. The poem's reply is quiet and a little startling: the silence isn't coldness or stubbornness. It's thinking.
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