Wedding

Vasko Popa

Each strips his own skin
Each bares his own constellation
Which has never seen the night

Each fills his skin with rocks
And plays with it
Lit by his own stars

Who doesn't stop till dawn
Who doesn't bat an eyelid or fall
Earns his own skin

(This game is rarely played)

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• Alexander Pope : Couplets On Wit
• Alexander Pope : Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady
• Alexander Pope : Eloisa To Abelard
• Alexander Pope : Epigram Engraved On The Collar Of A Dog Which I Gave To His Royal Highness
• Alexander Pope : Epistle Ii: To A Lady ( Of The Characters Of Women )
• Alexander Pope : Epistles To Several Persons: Epistle Iv, To Richard Boyle,
• Alexander Pope : Epistles To Several Persons: Epistle To Dr. Arbuthnot

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