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_refugee_ · 3935 days ago · link · · parent · post: "in thy beauty is the dilemma of flutes" (e. e. cummings - "My Love" )
To me, the "cool jewel" of her mind reads as if her mind is detached. Perhaps calculating, perhaps very intellectual. However, it is still locked away - hidden, perhaps. Jewels catch in and reflect light. They are also hard (typically) and, although now I'm taking the esoteric interpretation up a notch, not forgiving. My favorite is the line about "thy legs are the trees of dreaming." Where does fruit grow? At the top of trees! And you eat fruit. Come on. I think that couplet is so much more sexual - and sexy! - than the lines about her thighs!