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The terrifying hand which holds you tight - James Baldwin "Christmas carol"

Delivered outside of time - James Baldwin "Confession"

Knew nothing of distance - James Baldwin "Confession"

Ruthless as a turning wheel - James Baldwin "Confession"

The drawbridge of the mind - James Baldwin "Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico)"

To trust one’s terror - James Baldwin "Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico)"

The lightning has no choice - James Baldwin "Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico)"

Cursing the fence of pain - James Baldwin "Death is easy (for Jefe)"

To dare hope for nothing - James Baldwin "Death is easy (for Jefe)"

The storm of the unknown - James Baldwin "Death is easy (for Jefe)"

Beat the empty air - James Baldwin "The giver (for Berdis)"

An exploding silence - James Baldwin "Guilt, Desire and Love"

While Guilt and Desire wrangled - James Baldwin "Guilt, Desire and Love"

Hoping to find a witness - James Baldwin "Guilt, Desire and Love"

Distracted by my blood - James Baldwin "Inventory/On Being 52"

My compass has betrayed me - James Baldwin "Inventory/On Being 52"

To the bottom of the rain - James Baldwin "Inventory/On Being 52"

Time like an amusing shawl - James Baldwin "A lady like landscapes (for Simone Signoret)"

In bed forever with a lie - James Baldwin "A Lover’s Question"

A very strange me is waiting - James Baldwin "Munich, Winter 1973 (for Y.S.)"

Time’s cruel ability - James Baldwin "Munich, Winter 1973 (for Y.S.)"

The always unknown passage - James Baldwin "Munich, Winter 1973 (for Y.S.)"

Must get the journey done - James Baldwin "Munich, Winter 1973 (for Y.S.)"

In the middle of the terrifying air - James Baldwin "Munich, Winter 1973 (for Y.S.)"

The most dreadful way to be alone - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

On the auction-block of Manifest Destiny - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

The blasphemy of our chains - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

Grows young with wonder - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

Staring at the thunder - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

The agony bequeathed to you - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

Calculating through this hell - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

Prepared to disintegrate himself - James Baldwin "Song (for Skip)"

Daughter of the thunder - James Baldwin "Le sporting-club de Monte Carlo (for Lena Horne)"

Time laughs at History - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

To sanctify the journey until now - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Will not need your bribes - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Whose sleep is blank with terror - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Passion at every turning - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Your innocence costs too much - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

This monotonous disaster - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Nostalgic for noble causes - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Never leave the reservation - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Shall remain forever locked - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Planted on the moon - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Breathtaking presumption - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Abandoning the noble cause - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Influence with Wind and Water - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Some surprises with Cloud and Fire - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

In the farthest valley of the eye - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Ride the lightning, answer the thunder, penetrate the whirlwind - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

A hymn to madness - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Anguish choked with cotton - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Of all bright illusions and dark delusions - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

On what rock stands this pride - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

No possibility of repentance - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

The unadmitted terror - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Sanctuary before the sky - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

The sons of greed - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

The heirs of plunder - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Curl up on the floor of the sun - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

Pick our teeth with thunderbolts - James Baldwin "Staggerlee wonders"

The price of the stormy weather - James Baldwin "3.00 a.m. (for David)"


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