It is the thirtieth of May, the thirtieth of November, a beginning or …

Adrienne Rich
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It is the thirtieth of May, the thirtieth of November, a beginning or an end, we are moving into the solstice and there is so much here I still do not understand. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2013). The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977, p.61, W. W. Norton & Company
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