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Put out my eyes

    (A poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)

    Put out my eyes, and I can see you still,
    Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
    And without any feet can go to you;
    And tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
    Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
    And grasp you with my heart as with a hand;
    Arrest my heart, my brain will beat as true;
    And if you set this brain of mine afire,
    Then on my blood-stream I yet will carry you.

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