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Before I laughed with him
nightly,

the slow waves beating
on his wide shores
and the palmyra
bringing forth heron-like flowers
near the waters,
my eyes were like the lotus
my arms had the grace of the bamboo
my forehead was mistaken for the moon.

But now
— Jan 24, 2018 02:46PM
The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems (NYRB Poets)

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