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Nocturne Florence, abyss of enfolding light: -XThc tram-lines, like wings of fire— Their long, retreating sparks, their susurrant cries: # The Arno, glittering snake, touches The white cloisters of flame, easing Its burden, the chill of its scales: # The double cypress, extinguished theories Harsher than hedgerows, harsher Than alms-boxes; harsher, too, Than songs my pandering heart Continues to sing, snatches of melody: * —I love the old-fashioned whores Swollen with sperm Who plop, like enormous toads, on all fours Over the featherbed And wait, and puff, and snort, Flaccid as any bellows—: -x- &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. —After Dino Campana 34 ...

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