Oh strong-ridged and deeply hollowed
nose of mine ! what will you not be smelling ?
What tactless asses we are, you and I, boney nose,
always indiscriminate, always unashamed,
and now it is the souring flowers of the bedraggled
poplars : a festering pulp on the wet earth
beneath them. With what deep thirst
we quicken our desires
to that rank odor of a passing springtime !
Can you not be decent ? Can you not reserve your ardors
for something less unlovely ? What girl will care
for us, do you think, if we continue in these ways ?
Must you taste everything ? Must you know everything ?
Must you have a part in everything ?
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