The Reiteration... Robert Graves...
The death of love comes from reiteration:
A single line sung over and over again-
No prelude and no end.
The word is not, perhaps, 'reiteration'-
Nature herself repunctuates her seasons
With the same stars, flowers, fruits-
Though love's foolish reluctance to survive
Springs always from the same mechanical fault:
The needle jumps the groove.

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