twoof us. wordis far short us, onlyfour letters, sparseto fill deep ba — Margaret Atwood, Selected Poems: 1966-1984

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Then there's the twoof us. This wordis far too short for us, it has onlyfour letters, too sparseto fill those deep barevacuums between the starsthat press on us with their deafness.It's not love we don't wishto fall into, but that fear.This word is not enough but it willhave to do. It's a singlevowel in this metallicsilence, a mouth that saysO again and again in wonderand pain, a breath, a fingergrip on a cliffside. You canhold on or let go.

Margaret Atwood, Selected Poems: 1966-1984

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