and I ask myself and you, which of our visions will claim us which wil…

Adrienne Rich
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and I ask myself and you, which of our visions will claim us which will we claim how will we go on living how will we touch, what will we know what will we say to each other. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2013). The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977, p.41, W. W. Norton & Company
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and I ask myself and you, which of our visions will claim us which will we claim how will we go on living how will we touch, what will we know what will we say to each other. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2013). The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977, p.41, W. W. Norton & Company

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