In the dank night, windows ajar,
I look across at unshuttered rooms,
And see my neighbor quite by happenstance.
Her curtain flutters in the buoyant air.
I see her at her mirror hold a vial of scent—
Perchance I’ll see her daub a bit behind one ear,
The fragrance wafting through the courtyard
On the humid breeze, like...
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