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This poem is for my daughters.

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I have three.

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"The Name."

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Be natural, wise as you
can be, my daughter.

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But my name be in
your flesh I gave you

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in the act of
loving your mother.

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All your days, her ways.

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The woman in you brought from
sensuality's measure, no other.

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There was no thought of it
but such pleasure all women

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must be in her, as you.

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But not wiser, not more of
nature than her hair, the eyes

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she gives you.

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There will not be another
woman such as you are.

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Remember, your mother.

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The way you came,
the days of waiting.

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Be natural, daughter.

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Wise as you can be.

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All my daughters,
be women for men.

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When that time comes,
let the rhetoric

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stay with me, your father.

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Let me talk about it, saving
you such vicious self-exposure.

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Let you pass it on in you.

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I cannot be more than
the man who watches.

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