They traded meanings while pretending to have only one

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"In the winter, in the dark hours, when others
were asleep, I found these words and put them
together by their appetites and respect for
each other. In stillness, they jostled. They traded
meanings while pretending to have only one." --William Stafford, quoted in Kim Stafford, Early Morning,2004, p. 151.