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12This poem is dry like [chapped lips][]. \ 12| This poem is dry like [chapped lips][].
13[It is hard as teeth][]---hear the tapping? \ 13| [It is hard as teeth][]---hear the tapping?
14It is the swan song of beauty, as all \ 14| It is the swan song of beauty, as all
15swan songs are. [Reading][] it, you are \ 15| swan songs are. [Reading][] it, you are
16puzzled, perhaps a little repulsed. \ 16| puzzled, perhaps a little repulsed.
17Swans do not have teeth, nor do they sing. \ 17| Swans do not have teeth, nor do they sing.
18A honking over the cliff is all \ 18| A honking over the cliff is all
19they can do, and that they do \ 19| they can do, and that they do
20badly. You don't know where I'm going. \ 20| badly. You don't know where I'm going.
21You want to tell me, [You are not you][]. \ 21| You want to tell me, [You are not you][].
22[You are the air the swan walks on.][] \ 22| [You are the air the swan walks on.][]
23You are the fringe of the curtain \ 23| You are the fringe of the curtain
24[that separates me from you][]. I say \ 24| [that separates me from you][]. I say
25that you are no longer the temple, \ 25| that you are no longer the temple,
26that you have been through [fire][] \ 26| that you have been through [fire][]
27and are now less than ash. You are \ 27| and are now less than ash. You are
28the subtraction of yourself from \ 28| the subtraction of yourself from
29the world, [the air without a swan][]. \ 29| the world, [the air without a swan][].
30Together, we are each other. You \ 30| Together, we are each other. You
31and I have both nothing and everything \ 31| and I have both nothing and everything
32at once, we own the world and nothing in it. 32| at once, we own the world and nothing in it.
33 33
34[chapped lips]: time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html 34[chapped lips]: time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html
35[It is hard as teeth]: no-nothing.html 35[It is hard as teeth]: no-nothing.html