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In Particular

What loin-cloth, what rag of wrong
Unpriced?
What turn of body, what of lust
Undiced?
So we’ve worshipped you a little
More than Christ.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain. 

About this Poem

“In Particular” was published in The Book of Repulsive Women (Guido Bruno, 1915). 

Author

Djuna Barnes

Djuna Barnes was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, on June 12, 1892.

Date Published: 2016-10-01

Source URL: https://poets.org/poem/particular