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Pastorelle 2

John Taggart

reminder that the object is a song
for which the troubadours commanded themselves to a life between
risk of holding back
risk of not holding back and the death of desire
which is the death of song

which is the death of the troubadour

the object is a song
concerning the lily its full/open throat open for a day

sung
in a voice fully/openly feminine clear as water over him clear
and untearful.

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