You love me, she said. You love me. Just admit you love me.
\nBut she was too early. Because I didn’t love her yet.
\nAnd then it was too late.<\/p>\n
There aren’t enough containers in the world to hold all of your desires.
\nWe have a container deficit.
\nDesire, uncontained!
\nDesire, lost!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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