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Woman!
Oh Woman! Why, for even just one hour,
Would you pursue the vanities of man?
Forsaking, in that foolish quest, your power,
Forgetting you were formed a fertile flower,
The bud of loveliness, since time began.
For men can only conquer and dismember,
Erect tall towers empty, dark, and chilled.
And write small verses no one will remember,
Unable to enkindle any ember
Of life, with which our living might be filled.
But you, and you alone can birth and nourish.
And you, and you alone can heal and hear.
Without your gifts, the world would quickly perish,
For I alone can barely even cherish,
The silken strength that makes your nature dear.
Demolish my conceits with awe-ful beauty.
And ravish my regard with ageless grace
Come, plunder my devotion as your booty,
Command your adoration as my duty,
And show me my salvation in your face
Female Head
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