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55 How Need Makes Beauty She studies the habits of rivers: The Seine draped in its heavy jewelry; The Leaf, striated and mysterious, Plied by pairs of beavers. Learns the adage: Hot day, cold night—jumpy stars. Observes a policeman’s splendid carapace Of a motorcycle, listens to grackles’ Rusty cries. Goes shopping at Emotion’s boutiques: Maison du Frisson, Bewilderment World, Delirium Sans Limite, Gets certain ingredients but can’t do anything with them. Decides, finally, it’s all the other way around: Beauty makes need And need, memory. ...

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