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"So the Mind, Like a
Gate, Swings Open,"

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is the title of this poem.

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"So the Mind, Like a
Gate, Swings Open."

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"When it comes to what,
eventually, it must come to,

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don't forget to say to yourself,
has it come to this again

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already?

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Look a little lost,
maybe, but unsurprised.

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Sometimes, it feels
like a carousel horse

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but with all the paint
gone strange-like.

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All the wood gone, driftwood.

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All the horses I've
corralled inside me set free,

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confused now.

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Because now, what?

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The snow fell like hope
when it's been forsaken just

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before the wind shifts.

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Then the wind shifts,
the snow flies upward.

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I love you means what, exactly?

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In the end, desire
may turn out to be no

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different from any other song.

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Sing and be at last,
released from it.

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Not so long ago as
I'd like to think,

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I used to get drunk in
parking lots with strangers.

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We park.

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We drank and didn't
think what to call it--

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the rest that came after.

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What is the thing like
that worth calling?

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He took me into his arms.

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He held me.

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I know longing's a
lot like despair.

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Both can equal everything
you've ever hoped

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for if that's how you want it.

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Sure.

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I get that.

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What's wrong with me?

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I used to ask but usually, too
late and not meaning it anyway.

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He touches me or I
touch him or don't.

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