the grand etude of Odalisques
is a tune of twins – of cats who live in Turkish harems
and is composed of style and fashion:
the eyes that watch in belts and feathers
the lashes that flap in folds and drapes
the slaves of stares stitched in patterns
in the fabric of the dark and weighted sheets
of the peacocks they devoured
in the service of the Sultan’s favored concubines
they whisper rumors of the Sultan they may never see
the ever changing man who is always watching them
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