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I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where i was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex.
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I Deliberately Wrote A Poem In My

Thom Gunn
I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where i was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex.
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