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Though We Yearn

We, though we yearn for the One,
already feel the pull of other things.
Are not lovers ever pushing
at each other’s limits? Lovers,
who promised each other
vastness, hunt, and home. . . .

— Rilke, From the Fourth Duino Elegy

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