Mon moi, Ils m’arrachent mon moi
—Michelet
I will be lonely at half past dead
Weep none one or many beside my bed.
At the dead center of all alone
I must unwillingly work at dying
I will be crying crying crying
Not I not I this flesh these bones.
from Isabella Gardner: The Collected PoemsFind it in the library
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