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A First Confession
| I admit the briar | | Entangled in my hair | | Did not injure me; | | My blenching and trembling, | | Nothing but dissembling, | | Nothing but coquetry. | | | | | | I long for truth, and yet | | I cannot stay from that | | My better self disowns, | | For a man’s
attention | | Brings such satisfaction | | To the craving in my bones. | | | | | | Brightness that I pull back | | From the Zodiac, | | Why those questioning eyes | | That are fixed upon me? | | What can they do but shun me | | If empty night
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By PanEris
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