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" You are turning me
like someone turning a globe in her hand,
and yes, I have another side
like a China no one,
not even me, has ever seen.

So describe to me what's there,
say what you are looking at
and I will close my eyes
so I can see it too,
the oxcarts and all the lively flags.

I love the sound of your voice
like a little saxophone
telling me what I could never know
unless I dug a hole all the way down
through the core of myself. "

Billy Collins , Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems


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Billy Collins quote : You are turning me<br />like someone turning a globe in her hand,<br />and yes, I have another side <br />like a China no one,<br />not even me, has ever seen.<br /><br />So describe to me what's there,<br />say what you are looking at<br />and I will close my eyes <br />so I can see it too,<br />the oxcarts and all the lively flags.<br /><br />I love the sound of your voice <br />like a little saxophone<br />telling me what I could never know<br />unless I dug a hole all the way down<br />through the core of myself.