Lovely Day

I wanted to lie

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I wanted to lie hour after hour on a couch, pouring out the dark, secret places of my heart–do this feeling that over my shoulder sat humanity and wisdom and generosity, a munificent heart–do this until that incredibly lovely day when the great man would say to me, his voice grave and dramatic with discovery: … Read more

It was dawn now

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It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with gray-turning, gold-turning light. The Shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. There was a slow, pleasant movement in the air, scarcely … Read more