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ardor

\ AHR-der \  , noun;
1.
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion: She spoke persuasively and with ardor .
2.
intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm; zeal: his well-known ardor for Chinese art .
3.
burning heat.
Her silence reached for him in the way an echo initiates a call-and-response. The ardor in her eyes had been there but yesterday. And now what? -- He was in exile. 
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disproportionate levels of ardor
between love and work
but is it possible 
one has supplanted the other 
or should i have more to drink 
to clear my head? 

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