"I bought you love poetry! 'I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.' I blink at him. 'Neruda. I starred the passage. God,' he moans. 'Why didn't you open it?"

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"I bought you love poetry! 'I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.' I blink at him. 'Neruda. I starred the passage. God,' he moans. 'Why didn't you open it?"

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