Of course I wanted to see the world, to experience its full… - Saeed Jones

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Of course I wanted to see the world, to experience its fullness. I wanted to be a real part of it, rather than the passing shadow I so often felt like. I wanted to devour the world.

I sat there ablaze, struggling to apprehend a new, darkly radiant sense of self.

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Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985) is an American poet.

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