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Warming of Her Pearls  

 Warming of Her Pearls
 
 
Next to my own skin, lies her pearls as my mistress  
bids me to warm them until evening  
while I’ll brush her hair. At six, I place them  
round her cool, white throat. All day I think of her,  
 
Resting in the Yellow Room, contemplating silk  
or taffeta, which gown tonight? She fans herself  
whilst I work willingly, my slow heat entering  
each pearl. Slack on my neck, her rope!  
 
She’s beautiful. I dream about her  
in my attic bed; picture her dancing  
with tall men, puzzled by my faint, persistent scent  
beneath her French perfume, her milky stones.  
I dust her shoulders with a rabbit’s foot,  
 
watch the soft blush seep through her skin  
like an indolent sigh. In her looking-glass  
her red lips part as though to speak.  
 
Full moon, her carriage brings her home. I see  
her every movement in my head…. Undressing,  
taking off her jewels, her slim hand reaching  
for the case, slipping naked into bed, the way  
 
She always does…. And I lie here awake,  
knowing the pearls are cooling even now  
in the room where my mistress sleeps. All night  
 
As I feel their absence and I burn.  
 
By nutbuster
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