The words they spoke were voices that she heard.
She looked at them and saw them as they were
And what she felt fought off the barest phrase. (Wallace Stevens)

The words they spoke were voices that she heard. She looked at them and saw them as they were And what she felt fought off the barest phrase.

Wallace Stevens

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