Eternal female,

colour constructed

in yellow armchair,

fully relaxed,

contours voluptuous,

pattern Islamic,

gazing at silhouette

leaves on a wall;

defining lines,

compliant and generous,

render her naked

despite her dress,

she is formed deep from

his cave of desiring,

lingering odalisque

ghost in the mind.

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