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The silver net

Chapter 32: EROTEME
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A sequence of lyrical meditations that shifts between dreamlike visions, confessional solitude, and mythic or biblical reverie. Recurring images of sea and shipwreck, roses and gardens, and masked or legendary figures are used to probe longing, shame, desire, and the hope for spiritual renewal. Poems alternate between dramatic monologue, fable-like sketches, and brief nocturnes, exploring the tensions between illusion and revelation, life and death, and love as both ensnaring and ennobling, producing a compact, contemplative cycle of symbolist-inflected verse.

EROTEME

We hold that love is a gift divine,
Then why are kisses sold?
O, is there then no earthly shrine
But men defile with gold!
Maiden, your sixteen springs were worth
The jewels of a regal crown....
Why did you hate your humble birth?
Why sin for a silken gown?