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The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes
John Ashbery Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
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The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes
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John Ashbery

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

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