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Insomnia
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Elizabeth Bishop
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The moon in the bureau mirror Looks out a million miles (and perhaps with pride, at herself But she never, never smiles) Far and away beyond sleep, or Perhaps she's a daytime sleeper By the Universe deserted She'd tell it to go to hell And she'd find a body of water Or a mirror, on which to dwell So wrap up care in a cobweb And drop it down the well Into that world inverted Where left is always right Where the shadows are really the body Where we stay awake all night Where the heavens are shallow as the sea Is now deep, and you love me
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