Altruism is for those who can't endure their desires. There's a world as ambiguous as a moan, a pleasure moan our earnest neighbors might think a crime. It's where we could live. I'll say I love you, Which will lead, of course, to disappointment, but those words unsaid poison every next moment. I will try to disappoint you better than anyone else has. --Mon Semblable
Isn't there a curious elegance in how one moment passes into another? - Stephen Dunn
Isn't there a curious elegance in how one moment passes into another?
- Stephen Dunn
I will try to disappoint you better than anyone ever has. - Stephen Dunn
I will try to disappoint you better than anyone ever has.
I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent. - Stephen Dunn
I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent.
A good many of my poems over the years have alluded to or taken on the political. Stevens has a line in one of his essays: "Reality exerts pressure o… - Stephen Dunn
A good many of my poems over the years have alluded to or taken on the political. Stevens has a line in one of his essays: "Reality exerts pressure o…
Altruism is for those who can't endure their desires. There's a world as ambiguous as a moan, a pleasure moan our earnest neighbors might think a cri… - Stephen Dunn
Altruism is for those who can't endure their desires. There's a world as ambiguous as a moan, a pleasure moan our earnest neighbors might think a cri…
What feeling feels like over time. An attempt to screw up what feeling feels like over time. Heartbreak and a high C.... The often welcome melodic li… - Stephen Dunn
What feeling feels like over time. An attempt to screw up what feeling feels like over time. Heartbreak and a high C.... The often welcome melodic li…
I’ll always deny that I kissed her. I was just whispering into her mouth. - Stephen Dunn
I’ll always deny that I kissed her. I was just whispering into her mouth.
Everything I can't see / is at least as real as what I can. - Stephen Dunn
Everything I can't see / is at least as real as what I can.
I wrote poetry for seven or eight years, maybe longer, before I could say I was a poet. If people asked, I'd say I wrote poetry; I wouldn't go furthe… - Stephen Dunn
I wrote poetry for seven or eight years, maybe longer, before I could say I was a poet. If people asked, I'd say I wrote poetry; I wouldn't go furthe…
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