Burton L. Carlson
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Burton L. Carlson
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Breast

The softness of your breast,
when you lean over,
expresses the body’s
dependence on things external;

the need for food and water,
what the body gives
via warmth and love:
life’s housing of the eternal.

Women Wives LoversSuzi PeelJune 22, 2016
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