She stared at her reflection in the glossed shop windows as if to make sure, moment by moment, that she continued to exist.

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Mots clés existence reflection

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The silence between us was so profound I thought part of it must be my fault.

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Mots clés silence

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I wanted to do everything once and for all and be through with it.

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I tried to speak in a cool, calm way, but the zombie rose up in my throat and choked me off.

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Its snaky acids kiss.
It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults
That kill, that kill, that kill.

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Mots clés poetry darkness

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I also had a dim idea that if I walked the streets of New York by myself all night something of the city's mystery and magnificence might rub off on me at last. But I gave it up.

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Mots clés solitude alone mystery new-york magnificence

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And I knew that in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her, what he secretly wanted when the wedding service ended was for her to flatten out underneath his feet like Mrs. Willard's kitchen mat.

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Mots clés marriage

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And of course I didn't know who would marry me now that I'd been where I had been. I didn't know at all.

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Mots clés marriage uncertainty

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Only I wasn't steering anything, not even myself.

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Mots clés uncertainty

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Anonymous young men with all-American bone structures.

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