I did not tether myself. I let go entirely and went,

to those pleasures that were half real,

I went into the luminous night,
I went into the luminous night,
to those pleasures that were half real,
to those pleasures that were half real,
and half wheeling in my brain. —C. P. Cavafy, translated by Rae Dalven
and half wheeling in my brain.
—C. P. Cavafy, translated by Rae Dalven

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