AH, in the past, towards rare individuals
I have felt the pull of
desire:
Oh come,
come nearer, come into touch!
Come physically nearer, be flesh to my flesh
—
But say little, oh say little,
and afterwards, leave me alone.
Keep your aloneness, leave me
my aloneness,
I used
to say this, in the past, but now no more.
It has always been a
failure
They have
always insisted on love
and on talking about it
and on the me-and-thee and what
we meant to each other.
So now I have no desire any more
Except to be left, in the last
resort, alone, quite alone.