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Shortly after dawn in April in Paris.
She sets up her colors; gouache of green, pink, blue.
He smokes a cigarette on the terrace,
And undoes the Bordeaux Blanc with a corkscrew.
Oeufs warm on the stove beside her as she paints.
On the canvas, she shades a rotund hill, replete with lilies.
He puts on Stravinsky, the Right of Spring, and waits
She hums along, standing to sway before saying,
“I’m going to lay in bed.”
He hands her a glass. She shakes her head.
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