Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, YOU, by FLORENCE E. VON WIEN


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YOU, by                    
First Line: You are something exquisite, michel
Last Line: Pagan gaze.
Subject(s): Beauty; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


You are something exquisite, Michel.
Something fragile, something translucent, something succulent, something soft.
The subtle tint on shell-pink marble, crumbly chiffon, calves' brains, sensuous

velvet. ...
The fuzz on ripe peaches, a wafer melting on a moist tongue. ...
The perfume of drenched pine needles, the dust on the wings of butterflies. ...
I can't say what you are most like, Michel,
But your beauty is such that I hold my breath for fear it will perish under my
pagan gaze.





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