Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“The spirit drinking timelessness;
Touch, love, all senses”
"Not Palaces"(l. 12–16). . .
Context: Eye, gazelle, delicate wanderer,
Drinker of horizon’s fluid line;
Ear that suspends on a chord
The spirit drinking timelessness;
Touch, love, all senses...
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