xxix

God came to visit

she snuck in as a ‘flu bug

oh – what an honour!

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xxx

resting in retreat:

with no idea of ‘body’

can illness be found?

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xxxi

gutted and legless

I’m utterly emptied out

(love loves a vacuum)

 

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Image: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), Seule 1896.
Oil on cardboard. H. 31; W. 40 cm
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)

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