Michael Shepherd Girl Poems

Where do you go, girl,
when you fall asleep?

for even when we've spent a passion's time,
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'We never care for the present moment. We are so foolish that we wander in times that are not ours, and never think of the only time that belongs to us; we are so frivolous that we dream of the days that are not, and thoughtlessly pass over the only one that exists. We never live, but hope to live; and since we are always preparing to be happy it is inevitable that we shall never be so.'

- Blaise Pascal
(1623 - 1662)
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