I touch you knowing we weren't born tomorrow, and somehow, each of us …

Adrienne Rich
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I touch you knowing we weren't born tomorrow, and somehow, each of us will help the other live, and somewhere, each of us must help the other die. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2013). The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977, p.26, W. W. Norton & Company
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I touch you knowing we weren't born tomorrow, and somehow, each of us will help the other live, and somewhere, each of us must help the other die. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2013). The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977, p.26, W. W. Norton & Company

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