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Her quick eyes
and animated mouth
unsettle me.
So, of course,
her uplifted breasts,
full lips —
soft fruits for the hungry.
But why should a
single wisp of hair,
stroked beneath her naval like some
classic
line of poetry,
reduce me to such
anguish?
K. 119
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Bhartrihari
Some Unquenchable Desire
Andrew Schelling, Translator
Shambhala, 2018
