Desire to us
Was like a double death,
Swift dying
Of our mingled breath,
Evaporation
Of a unknown strange perfume
Between us quickly
In a naked
Room.
(1947)
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Desire
Desire to us
Was like a double death,
Swift dying
Of our mingled breath,
Evaporation
Of a unknown strange perfume
Between us quickly
In a naked
Room.
(1947)