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Songs of the unblind Cupid

Chapter 2: THE CACTUS FLOWER.
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A sequence of lyrical poems examines love in its many guises—passion, longing, joy, pain, idealized devotion and sensual desire—using vivid natural and musical imagery (flowers, vines, a violin, birds) and concise narrative vignettes. Voices shift between exuberant celebration and mournful reflection, probing youth, aging, fidelity, and redemption while sometimes invoking religious or mythic motifs. Language emphasizes intense sensory detail and rhythmic cadences that blend tenderness, eroticism, and ethical questioning. Short pieces range from playful satire to solemn consolation, together forming a compact, imagistic survey of romantic feeling and its contradictions.

THE CACTUS FLOWER.

She came to me brimming with love;
The cup of a red cactus flower filled with
dew,
The heart of a woman wonderful with color and strength and passionate sweetness,
Without reserve,
Unconditionally:
“All that I am of life and love is yours—take me!”
Ah, the redness of the cactus flower!
Ah, the heart of a woman!
Love is Life-in-Bloom—
What blossoms in your garden?