I saw through to the last sign and symbol, but I could not read her fa…

Henry Miller
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I saw through to the last sign and symbol, but I could not read her face. I could see only the eyes shining through, huge, fleshy-like luminous beasts, as though I were swimming behind them in the electric effluvia of her incandescent vision. ✨ Henry Miller (1966). Tropic of Capricorn
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I saw through to the last sign and symbol, but I could not read her face. I could see only the eyes shining through, huge, fleshy-like luminous beasts, as though I were swimming behind them in the electric effluvia of her incandescent vision. ✨ Henry Miller (1966). Tropic of Capricorn

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