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Your sinful mouth is my tomb, intoxicating its sweet bloom, for all my virtues are put to sleep. I drink uncontrollably from its well and sink freely into its depths, gazing blissfully into hell. My hot flesh glows in his breath, I tremble, like a spring rosebush kissed by warm May rain. - I follow you into the wild land of sin and pick fire lilies by the roads, - even if I can’t find home again…
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Apr 12, 2019
Apr 12, 2019 at 11:11 AM UTC
'Sinnenrausch' by Else Lasker-Schüler (Translation)