PAPER
NAUTILUS
THE
PAPER NAUTILUS
CONSTRUCTS
HER
THIN GLASS SHELL.
GIVING
HER PERISHABLE
SOUVENIR
OF HOPE, A DULL
WHITE
OUTSIDE AND SMOOTH-
EDGED
INNER SURFACE
GLOSSY
AS THE SEA, THE WATCHFUL
MAKER
OF IT GUARDS IT
DAY AND
NIGHT
LEAVING
ITS WASP NEST FLAWS
OF
WHITE ON WHITE, AND CLOSE-
LAID
IONIC CHITON-FOLDS
LIKE
THE LINES IN THE MANE OF
A
PARTHENON HORSE,
ROUND
WHICH THE ARMS HAD
WOUND
THEMSELVES AS IF THEY KNEW LOVE
IS THE
ONLY FORTRESS
STRONG
ENOUGH TO TRUST TO.
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