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"The Sensual World."

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"I call to you across a
monstrous river or a chasm

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to caution you, to prepare you.

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Earth will seduce you,
slowly, imperceptibly, subtly,

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not to say with connivance.

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I was not prepared.

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I stood in my grandmother's
kitchen holding out my glass.

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Stewed plums, stewed
apricots, the juice

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poured off into the glass of ice
and the water added patiently

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in small increments.

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The various cousins
discriminating,

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tasting with each addition.

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Aroma of summer fruit,
intensity of concentration,

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the colored liquid
turning gradually lighter,

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more radiant, more light
passing through it.

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The light, then solace.

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My grandmother waiting to
see if more was wanted.

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Solace, then deep immersion.

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I loved nothing more.

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Deep privacy of
the sensual life,

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the self disappearing into
it or inseparable from it,

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somehow suspended, floating, its
needs fully exposed, awakened,

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fully alive.

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Deep immersion, and with
it, mysterious safety.

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Far away, the fruit
glowing in its glass bowls.

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Outside the kitchen,
the sun setting.

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I was not prepared.

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Sunset, end of summer.

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Demonstrations of
time as a continuum,

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as something coming to
an end, not a suspension.

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The senses wouldn't protect me.

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I caution you as I
was never cautioned.

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You will never let go.

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You will never be satiated.

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Your body will be
damaged and scarred.

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You will continue to hunger.

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Your body will age.

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You will continue to need.

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You will be damaged and scarred.

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You will continue to hunger.

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Your body will age.

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You will continue to need.

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You will want the Earth
then, more of the Earth,

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sublime, indifferent.

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It is present.

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It will not respond.

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It is encompassing.

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It will not minister.

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Meaning, it will feed
you, it will ravish you.

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It will not keep you alive."

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