Desire and its disguises

Desire tonight wears costumes. Millay writes a sonnet about wanting someone and refusing to pretend it matters beyond the body. Nelson chases the color blue through philosophy, art, and heartbreak until the distinction between intellectual and physical longing disappears. Hemingway puts a couple at a train station and makes them talk about everything except the one thing they need to decide. Watch for what each writer lets the reader see and what stays beneath the surface.