Chapter 26
The Grieved – are many – I am told –
There is the various Cause –
Death–is but one–and comes but once–
And only nails the eyes–
There's Grief of Want–and grief of Cold–
A sort they call "Despair"–
There's Banishment from native Eyes–
In sight of Native Air
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Emily Dickenson
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Earth - AD May, 2000
Chicago, Illinois
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"It’s a curious facet of the male psyche—" Azrael wrote in his scientific research journal "—that the less interested a female is in a man, the more he appears to desire her."
He glanced up from his perch on the balcony of the fancy banquet hall just in time to see Tommy slide his hand down his Elisabeth's back as they slow-danced. Azrael still watched, but he stayed far enough away to avoid upsetting the fragile equilibrium she’d pasted back together
