Pansies (Lawrence)/Noli Me Tangere—

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NOLI ME TANGERE———
Noli me tangere, touch me not!O you creatures of mind, don't touch me!O you with mental fingers, O never put your hand on me!O you with mental bodies, stay a little distance from me!
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And let us if you will, talk and minglein mental contact, gay and sad.But only that.O don't confusethe body into it, let us stay apart.
Great is my need to be chasteand apart, in this cerebral age.Great is my need to be untoucheduntouched.Noli me tangere!

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