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Pornography.

Publisher	Modern Poetry Association
Publication	Poetry
Subject	Literature/writing
Format	Magazine/Journal
ISSN	0032-2032
Issues per Year	12
Volume	189
Issue	5
Published	2007-02-01

Role	Type	Name
Author	n/a	Billy Collins

Pornography

   In this sentimental painting of rustic life,
   a rosy-cheeked fellow
   in a broad hat and ballooning green pants

   is twirling a peasant girl in a red frock
   while a boy is playing a squeeze-box
   near a turned-over barrel

   upon which rests a knife, a jug, and small drinking glass.
   Two men in rough jackets
   are playing cards at a wooden table.

   And in the background a woman in a bonnet
   stands behind the half-open Dutch door
   talking to a merchant or a beggar who is leaning on a cane.

   This is all I need to inject me with desire,
   to fill me...

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