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Betrayal

If a man says half himself in the light, adroit

Way a tune shakes into equilibrium,

Or approximates to a note that never comes:

 

Says half himself in the way two pe!

ncil-lines

Flow to each other and softly separate,

In the resolute way plane lifts and leaps from plane:

 

Who knows what intimacies our eyes may shout,

What evident secrets daily foreheads flaunt,

What panes of glass conceal our beating hearts?

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A. S. J. Tessimond
1902-1962 / English
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