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To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?

Arthur Rimbaud

The poet makes himself a voyant through a long, immense reasoned deranging of all his senses. All the forms of love, of suffering, of madness; he tries to find himself, he exhausts in himself all the poisons, to keep only their quintessences.
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Himself Journey Poet Poison Travel
Whose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? – Through whose blood am I to wade ?
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Blood Break Heart Lying Myself
The Poet makes himself a seer through a long, vast and painstaking derangement of all the senses.
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Himself Pain Poet
To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?
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Admire Blood Evil Heart Image Monster Myself
I could never throw Love out of the window.
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Love Myself Window
Your memory and your senses will be nourishment for your creativity.
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Creativity Memories Nourish Yourself
Eternity is the sun mixed with the sea.
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Forever Nature Sea Sun
Morality is the weakness of the mind.
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Mindset Moral Weakness
The northern lights rise like a kiss to the sea.
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Kiss Light Rise Sea
What an old maid I’m getting to be. Lacking the courage to be in love with death!
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Courage Death Love Myself Old
I am alone in possessing a key to this barbarous sideshow.
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Alone Himself Key Possession
Eternity. It is the sea mingled with the sun.
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Eternity Forever Nature Sea Sun
And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! – But the great Faith is Love!
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Faith God Greatness Love Man Philosophy
Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align; To whisper – both of us – in ecstasy!
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Freedom Happiness Naked See Sex
I may die of earthly love, or of devotion.
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Death Devotion Earth Love Myself
As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen.
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Guide Leadership Myself Ocean River

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