In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger. - Adrienne Rich

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I was drinking a lot of bourbon. I was miserable. I was starting to get work, but it wasn't remotely satisfying. It was garbage compared to the theater I was doing.

Adrienne Rich

In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.

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Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome.

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The moment when a feeling enters the body
is political. This touch is political

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A life I didn't choose chose me: even my tools are the wrong ones for what I have to do.

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