21 How do you know my language, never used before? How do you change your shape to be my mirror? How could I know inside the mirror what is yours, Which piece of me inside of you I’m reading? This one and only gravitation that I feel, The debt you pay to me before my lending -- What is this Fall when I am down with torn-off leaves To prove my right for earth when earth is naked? Why did I lose all other languages and rights? Why do I now exist inside your mirror -- Apart from everything -- to mimic every touch? And why? I never heard, and yet I know your whisper?







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