> He finished the painting yesterday noon. Now
> he studies it in detail. He has painted him in a
> gray unbuttoned coat, a deep gray; without
> any vest or any tie. With a rose-colored shirt;
> open at the collar, so something might be seen
> also of the beauty of his chest, of his neck.
> The right temple is almost entirely
> covered by his hair, his beautiful hair
> (parted in the manner he perfers it this year).
> There is the completely voluptuous tone
> he wanted to put into it when he was doing the eyes,
> when he was doing the lips.... That mouth, those lips
> that are made for consummation, for choice love-making.
>
> Those lips indeed...
Cavafy is lovely: what is the poem title and edition?
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