“The Secret” / Memorable Fancies #1327

[“I should have waited before I learned this.” – John Ashbery]

I’d have been better off, happier anyway, if I’d never learned the secret at all. I was too young, you see; I should have waited, waited. Now I’m bummed out.

I know you haven’t learned the secret yet – you seem so happy.

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