From Twenty-One Love Poems by Adrienne Rich

No one has imagined us. We want to live like trees,
sycamores blazing through the sulfuric air,
dappled with scars, still exuberantly budding,
our animal passion rooted in the city.

// The lamp by the window

// Our Kitchenshower, New York City, USA

// Hidden by Rose Connelly

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