Lustra/The Bath Tub

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Lustra (1916)
by Ezra Pound
The Bath Tub
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The Bath Tub

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain,
When the hot water gives out or goes tepid,
So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion,
O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.