Pansies (Lawrence)/Elemental

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ELEMENTAL
Why don't people leave off being lovableor thinking they are lovable, or wanting to be lovableand be a bit elemental instead?
Since man is made up of the elementsfire, and rain, and air, and live loamand none of these is lovablebut elemental,man is lop-sided on the side of the angels.I wish men would get back their balance among the elementsand be a bit more fiery, as incapable of telling liesas fire is.I wish they'd be true to their own variation, as water is,which goes through all the stages of steam and stream and icewithout losing its head.
I am sick of lovable people,somehow they are a lie.
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