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[76] P R E T E N D I N G I N T H E S H OW E R TO B E B L I N D I rinse and rinse in this voluntary dark wishing I cared enough for those beggars at the gates in another Alexandria gate of the sun gate of the moon to give them what is dear to me: the Chinese gilt figurine the olivewood madonna Kuan Yin in alabaster shoulders and neck perfectly bent back to the world all these little things acquired for simple beauty’s sake in my mind I try to hand them over but it’s impossible I open my eyes my skin is clean water drips like tears from the shower head I twist the faucets hard and shiny as coins ...

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