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/ The sloping lines of your shoulders / Speak of Chinese pagodas. / They clash with your western face / Where child and courtesan / Clasp each other in a feigned embrace. / Life, to you, is a liquid mirror. / You stand with delicate, perpetual amazement, / Vainly seeking your reflection.