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1 " There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.There are worse things than these miniature betrayals,committed or endured or suspected; there are worse thingsthan not being able to sleep for thinking about them.It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking inand stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse. "
― Fleur Adcock
2 " It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.-From the poem Fear "
3 " Happy endingAfter they had not made loveshe pulled the sheet up over her eyesuntil he was buttoning his shirt:not shyness for their bodies - thosethey had willingly displayed - but a frailendeavour to apologise.Later, though, drawn together bya distaste for such 'untidy ends'they agreed to meet again; whereuponthey giggled, reminisced, held handsas though what they had made was love -and not that happier outcome, friends. "
