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Sweet Machine QUOTES

Sweet Machine QUOTES

1 " I want what everybody wants,
that's how I know I'm still

breathing... "

― Mark Doty , Sweet Machine

2 " Doesn’t rain make a memory more intimate? "

― Mark Doty , Sweet Machine

3 " Concerning Some Recent Criticism of His Work

—Glaze and shimmer,
luster and gleam;

can’t he think of anything
but all that sheen?

—No such thing,
the queen said,
as too many sequins. "

― Mark Doty , Sweet Machine

4 " (I know, lacquer
and tumble and glow,

burnished and fired

and hazed) it’s because
what else Lord

to wear? Every sequin’s
an act of praise. "

― Mark Doty , Sweet Machine