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Not your winged lust but his must now change suit / The harp-waked Casanova wakes no change / The worm is (pinpoint) rational in the fruit.
Not girl for bird (gourd being man) breaks root.
Taking no plume for index in love's change / Not your winged lust but his must now change suit.
Desire is phosphorous: the chemic bruit / Lust bears like volts, who'll amplify, and strange / The worm is (pinpoint) rational in the fruit.