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retrace our steps, act 1

we cannot retrace our steps
going forward may be the same as going backwards.
we cannot retrace our steps, retrace our steps.
All my long life, all my life, we do not retrace our steps, all my long life, but…

(a silence, a long silence)

but-we do not retrace our steps,
all my long life, and her,
here we are her, in marble and gold,
did I say gold, yes I said gold, in marble and gold and where-

(silence)

where is where.
in my long life of effort and strife, dear life, life is strife,
in my long life it will not come and go,
i tell you so, it will stay in the pay but…

retrace our steps, act 1
text.gertrude stein
p.bailey 2005

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