“What turn of body, what of lust
Undiced?
So we've worshipped you a little
More than Christ.”

— Djuna Barnes

In Particular
The Book of Repulsive Women (1915)

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American Modernist writer, poet and artist 1892–1982

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“What turn of card, what trick of game
Undiced?
And you we valued still a little
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