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made of crimson and ardent kisses.

of voluptuous nights, warm nights,

there is the faint laughter of virgins

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I hear redbuds bloom with laughter...

Stars on the fire tumble, demented stars,

and languid kisses from the moon

are pieces of silver on the streets

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My lips are white as lakes...

My arms are light as caresses,

the moon dressed them in pure silks...

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I am flame and snow and white and mysterious...

And I am, perhaps, in the voluptous night,

O my Poet, the kiss that you seek!

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“Crimson Hours” by Florbela Espanca

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“"I could stare at your back all day / I could stare at your back all day" - Mitski, Pink in the Night

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“Cheer up Mary Lou, someday the people on the stage will sit and watch the people in the audience and you'll be a sensation.” - Stage Door

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