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“with his words in my head I slept for thirty or forty forevers while the grass shrieked and the trees tremored it was crazy letting my youth pass like that giving myself up to the abstract fears balconies collapsing over the east river as far as the eye could see until all is miniature wind over water without end when I am dead I will have something to say about death & all the men stretched out a girl must be a graveyard I am a descendant of fields and want to keep my mind off it, especially”

Quote by Deborah Landau

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The Last Usable Hour

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Deborah Landau

Deborah Landau is a poet and scholar, whose works are known for their profound emotion and unique style. Although her birth and death dates are unknown, her poetry has had a significant impact on the literary world. more

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