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	A ceiling fan shutters, small attack
	against the oven heat, asphalt heat,
	humid heat
	heat of the night
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	over
	midnight sheets, smooth
	and damp from sweat
	and the night junglebeast air
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	see 
	a slender arm flung
	restlessly wide, striped
	from the window blind and
	streetlight beyond
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	hear
	the rush of traffic-flow and city wind
	melting into dreamsong
	a siren crooning distant
	the serenade of the silent fan
	and the slow tango of
	tropic night air
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	each sleeping breath
	sliding between lips,
	invisible grime;
	clinging to throat and lungs,
	smothersome woolen blanket
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	slick skin, sweat
	pearling on belly and breast;
	subluminal moans,
	throat arching lips parting,
	caught 
	in liquid dreams
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