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As we are so wonderfully done with each other
We can walk into our separate sleep
on floors of music where the milkwhite cloak of childhood
lies

— Kenneth Patchen

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More quotes by Kenneth Patchen

You, the woman; I, the man; this, the world:
And each is the work of all.

You, the sought for; I, the seeker; this, the search:
And each is the mission of all.

You, the village; I, the stranger; this, the road:
And each is the work of all.

Have you wondered why all the windows in heaven were
broken?
Have you seen the homeless in the grave of God's
hand?
Do you want to acquaint the larks with the fatuous
music of war?

The animal I wanted
Couldn't get into the world...
I can hear it crying
When I sit like this away from life.

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