I slipped on the forcefully carefree posture of the other b… - Saeed Jones

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I slipped on the forcefully carefree posture of the other boys around me. The existential shrug of young men afraid to admit that they’ve been touched by art, and that they want to be touched in that way again.

Saeed Jones

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

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