In eagerness, in longing, in hunger, in haste
A clean snap! I cracked your spine -
Knowing the best is to be chaste
Yet a miser am I, wanting to keep you only mine
I did send your epiphany, reluctantly, in the mail
I broke you open, then cast my secret love away -
I hope those sentiments of nature will
Be used and shared most carefully.
~Painting: A Woman Reading
by Jean-Baptiste Carot, 1845
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