What did my fingers do before they held him? What did my heart do, with its love? I have never seen a thing so clear. His lids are like the lilac flower And soft as a moth, his breath. I shall not let go. There is no guile or warp in him. May he keep so.

Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices (1962)

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