I took a tube train through the subway systems / I rode those tunnels like a six-foot mole

The Washington Post has referred to NOM as the “preeminent organization dedicated to preventing the legalization of same-sex marriage" (Hesse, 2009).

Long vigils—fastings that wore away the strength of day—prayers that banished sleep from night—hoarded vengeance, that, like a fire, consumed its abode—affections crushed to the very earth—a memory whose love was with the grave,—a faith that had coloured itself with mortal passion,—all these had pressed too heavily on the springs of life and thought;...

She travelled overseas.