“But you were brushing out your hair
and singing to yourself.
And, for a moment, I think I saw
what those artists saw —
someone half in love with herself
and half in love with the world.”

—  John Yau

"January 18, 1979" lines 7-12, Corpse and Mirror, Henry Holt, 1983

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