The Sleeper, 1897

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Museum, Switzerland

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RENOIR GIRL

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Breasts high and open, with

the curving belly, to the sun --

legs and arms neverthelessly

sprawed on the knowll.

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Eyelids lightly closed,

lips relaxed in enigmatic smiling

at whatever daydream itches

slowly in her mind.

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It doesn´t matter that the frame

couples her with desultory clouds,

a frond of bush curving

above the round thigh like a never

quite caressing hand.

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No touch can break

the budding flesh´s perpetual

summer, nor wake

death from this sunshiny dream.

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Bariss Mills

Domestic Fables

New Rochelle, NY, 1971, The Elizabeth Press

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For more information on the painting:

http://www.museumoskarreinhart.ch/

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You can also find me at:

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http://livinginthepostcard.blog.terra.com.br/

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http://ameiavoz.blog.terra.com.br/

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http://fotolog.com/binkawest

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