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‘My lover is all states and all princes of the world rolled
into one – oh yes. Nothing else exists that is worth our
attention. Princes are mere shadows of my beloved and
me: next to our love, all honour is a sham, all wealth is
like alchemy, a vain attempt to create riches from base
metals. And you, Sun, are only half as happy as we are, in
that the world, your natural partner, is already promised
to another (i.e. my beloved and I are the world, and sorry,
Sun – we’re spoken for). You’re getting old, and since it’s
your job to warm the world, you’ve done your job once
you’ve warmed us, because, as I say, we are the world.
Shine here, and you shine on everything (or everything
that matters). This bed on which we lie is the centre of the
world, and the walls of this bedroom are the edges of the
world’s sphere.’

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