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" Let my body sweat
Let snakes torment my breast
My eyes be blind, ears deaf, hands distraught
Mouth parched, uterus cut out,
Belly slashed, back lashed,
Tongue slivered into thongs of leather
Rain stones inserted in my breasts,
Head severed,

If only the lips may speak,
If only the god will come. "

― Kathleen Raine , The Collected Poems Of Kathleen Raine

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Kathleen Raine quote : Let my body sweat<br />Let snakes torment my breast<br />My eyes be blind, ears deaf, hands distraught<br />Mouth parched, uterus cut out,<br />Belly slashed, back lashed,<br />Tongue slivered into thongs of leather<br />Rain stones inserted in my breasts,<br />Head severed,<br /><br />If only the lips may speak,<br />If only the god will come.
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