The Dancing Serpent<\/b><\/p>\n
Indolent darling, how I love
\nTo see the skin
\nOf your body so beautiful
\nShimmer like silk!<\/p>\n
Upon your heavy head of hair
\nWith its acrid scents,
\nAdventurous, odorant sea
\nWith blue and brown waves,<\/p>\n
Like a vessel that awakens
\nTo the morning wind,
\nMy dreamy soul sets sail
\nFor a distant sky.<\/p>\n
Your eyes where nothing is revealed
\nOf bitter or sweet,
\nAre two cold jewels where are mingled
\nIron and gold.<\/p>\n
To see you walking in cadence
\nWith fine abandon,
\nOne would say a snake which dances
\nOn the end of a staff.<\/p>\n
Under the weight of indolence
\nYour child-like head sways
\nGently to and fro like the head
\nOf a young elephant,<\/p>\n
And your body stretches and leans
\nLike a slender ship
\nThat rolls from side to side and dips
\nIts yards in the sea.<\/p>\n
Like a stream swollen by the thaw
\nOf rumbling glaciers,
\nWhen the water of your mouth rises
\nTo the edge of your teeth,<\/p>\n
It seems I drink Bohemian wine,
\nBitter and conquering,
\nA liquid sky that scatters
\nStars in my heart!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dancing Serpent Indolent darling, how I love To see the skin Of your body so beautiful Shimmer like silk! Upon your heavy head of hair With its acrid scents, Adventurous, odorant sea With blue and brown waves, Like a vessel that awakens To the morning wind, My dreamy soul sets sail For a distant sky. Your eyes where nothing is revealed Of bitter or sweet, Are two cold jewels where are mingled Iron and gold. To see you walking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15845,15854,15848],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-el-mouching","category-music"],"yoast_head":"\n