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You thought the leaden winterWould bring you down foreverBut you rode upon a steamerTo the violence of the sun
And the colours of the seaBind your eyes with trembling mermaidsAnd you touch the distant beachesWith tales of brave UlyssesHow his naked ears were torturedBy the sirens sweetly singingFor the sparkling waves are calling youTo kiss their white laced lips
And you see a girl’s brown bodyDancing through the turquoiseAnd her footprints make you followWhere the sky loves the seaAnd when your fingers find herShe drowns you in her bodyCarving deep blue ripplesIn the tissues of your mind
Tiny purple fishesRun laughing through your fingersAnd you want to take her with youTo the hard land of the winter
Her name is AphroditeAnd she rides a crimson shellAnd you know you cannot leave herFor you touched the distant sandsWith tales of brave UlyssesHow his naked ears were torturedBy the sirens sweetly singing
Tiny purple fishesRun laughing through your fingersAnd you want to take her with youTo the hard land of the winter