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Le bol de lait: Pierre Bonnard, 1919; image by bodythongs, 22 September 2013 (Tate Liverpool)
The fading strains of the dying refrain
warbled by the teakettle to the timeless beauty
who spends her time in the mind that ocean
closed off from us
brought back to her through the shadows of the afternoon
a thought that might have interested us
had we but known it
La femme au chat ou le chat exigeant: Pierre Bonnard, 1912; image by LN BREUT, 30 October 2010 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
The letter: Pierre Bonnard, 1906; image by mbell1975, 26 December 2010 (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)
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