I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
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William S. Burroughs85 quotes“I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.”
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