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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE KISSES, by PAUL FORT
First Line: When we two parted never a word was spoken. Almost we thought
Last Line: How short our kisses seem!
Subject(s): Absence; Kisses; Love; Separation; Isolation
First Line: When we two parted never a word was spoken. Almost we thought
Last Line: How short our kisses seem!
Subject(s): Absence; Kisses; Love; Separation; Isolation
When we two parted never a word was spoken. Almost we thought our love was sheer
pretence. The silence, long drawn out, remained unbroken. One would have said it
was indifference.
Yet our embraces had been warm of yore. You said to me, "Five days." We thought
together. "Five days of kisses, they are quickly o'er. 'Tis like a fleeting
spell of sunny weather."
Tomorrow, storm, today, blue skies adream. One must not ask too much of love,
you know. And then, these sailors, always on the go! Ships touch and pass. . . .
How short our kisses seem!
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