before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signsthey enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an imagea — Frank Stanford, The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signsthey enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an imagea — Frank Stanford, The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signsthey enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an imagea — Frank Stanford, The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signsthey enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an imagea — Frank Stanford, The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signsthey enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an imagea — Frank Stanford, The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
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before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signsthey enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an imageas much as the evening like a ship enjoys a sapphire grave

— Frank Stanford, The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
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