<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368731" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Raspberry Hives</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ancient man<br>with raspberry hives<br>on his cheeks<br>since childhood<br>will live alone<br>no longer.<br>He'll marry, he says, <br>the first woman who'll have him.<br>Till now<br>he has wanted<br>to die<br>as he's lived, <br>alone in his room<br>with the radio playing, <br>the water in the bathtub<br>dripping.<br>The drone of hours, <br>however, has become<br>the drone of years<br>and the ancient man<br>with raspberry hives<br>on his cheeks<br>since childhood<br>fears death will convert<br>his hives into pocks, <br>take his body <br>but reject his soul.<br>For reasons<br>he can't articulate, <br>he believes<br>if he weds<br>the first woman<br>who'll have him, <br>death will have reason, <br>for the first time, <br>to do the job right.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Donal+Mahoney">Donal Mahoney</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368731" data-title="Raspberry Hives de Donal Mahoney" data-description="The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone no longer. He'll marry, he says, the first woman who'll have him. Till now he has wanted to die as he's lived, alone in his room with the radio playing, the wate..."></div> </div> </div>

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