Great Regulars: The absence of sun and starlight

affect the shade of the blue sky, which is now only "half so blue." Everything reminds him that he is missing his belovèd, because "Seems lak to me dat ev'ything wants you." Of course, his exaggeration merely underscores how desperately he desires the return of his missing belovèd.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Johnson's Sence You Went Away

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