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v e n i c e
city, construct, kinematograph
..........gold hive of intrigue & decay
....................its mouths concealed by fans
in mirrors hid in mirrors
..........from a play of eyes & faces
....................desperate with festival
conjurors & jugglers
..........tradesmen, courtesans
....................smashed clowns in silhouette
bright carnival masks implicit
..........with the gestures of our watchmakers
....................their shadows on the arches
hands whose charmed creations frame
..........cut slits where eyes reflect
....................the formal game
in streetless adjectival
..........moon: one oar-slit
....................flux down soundlessly
assumed canals' convergence
..........on the hidden garden
....................at the city's heart
where terraced fountains
..........arc the moonlit
....................open rose
condensing in that
..........first red mouth:
....................a drop of single dew
reflecting in that
..........curvature
....................this
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