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where i think that sylvia's well-worn metaphors and these gloomy days collide is that the days provide physical obstacles to the presence of others, so that rather than being observed by them, you have to provide your own framing devices and put on your own straitjacket.

when it's warm and bodies can collide more readily, the self-observation is less necessary because you get enough echoes from the real others.

but i am undaunted by the cold, although i am loathe to repeat my recitation about readiness to collide lest i should make my presence/offer feel oppressive.