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Charles,
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come and say hello.
:14:04
Your hair's a mess.
:14:09
Nice shirt.
:14:12
How do you close this?
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Press on it.
:14:16
Dad'll be late,
so we'll dine early.
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Afternoons I lie down
in the bedroom.
:14:58
I watch the house opposite...
:15:02
and I think of the Couple.
:15:04
I try to think of something else,
but I can't.
:15:09
It's too strong for me.
:15:11
The other day the Woman...
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...went into the garden, barefoot,
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and she touched my head.
She smelled of the Tree.
:15:21
Beneath that smell was...
something even stronger.
:15:27
that reminded me of...
certain desires...
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I've rarely known...
:15:33
such pleasure.
:15:36
Later, when everything is quiet,
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I'll concentrate hard
and hear thatvoice.
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HER voice.
:15:45
I'll imagine the sound of cloth
against skin
:15:49
when they undress...
and the odors of their bodies.
:15:52
After the light goes out,
I'll wait for the sounds they make.