The calm in your eyes on me opens me You lie in me like a long l of love
The light has licked you clean it sings of you the glorious song of our years, which bridge everything that separates us and clothes us in differences
For us, love is still a thick word of desire, the l that erects when I undress
Painting "The Particularity of Nakedness" (1987, Marlene Dumas)
Poems "7. The Particularity of Nakedness", "liefdeswoord" ("word of love") and "skryfode" ("writing ode"), (2000, Antjie Krog, bundel "Kleur kom nooit alleen nie" ("Colour never comes alone"