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Anne, I think I must concur with Chris on this one. However, what it says to me, in a very forceful way, is would you love if I was a stranger, if I was an acquaintance, if I was a friend. Or merely it might also be saying would it love me if you knew only
a little, thought you knew me well, and knew my inmost secrets. I aspire in life to see the beauty in your poems because I love the nature aspects of your work. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Dec 31, 2021, at 18:21, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Faith of Mammals <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Ann Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would you love me if I drank your water<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Like the quaking prey, eyes darting <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">predators of the mists?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Would you love me if I hungered for more than mere water and
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dove, driving talons into flesh and carried it to the Airy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sating the raptor in my heart?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Would you love me still <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If I drank of your water, washed my body in <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Ann M. Chiappetta, M.S.<o:p></o:p></p>
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