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First Memory
Louise Gluck

Long ago, I was wounded. I lived
to revenge myself
against my father, not
for what he was--
for what I was: from the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.

Date: 2005-07-06 10:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glass-doll.livejournal.com
short but quite powerful
i like it - thanks for posting!!!

Date: 2005-07-08 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nooooo.livejournal.com
love Gluck!

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