Romare Bearden, Sirens' Song  (1977) 
		 
		
		
			
			
				 
			 
		 
				
		
		
		
			
		 
		
		
			
				In sleep she went to him.  
				Innocence in the moon.
			
			
				A false priest's servant bade him welcome.  
				Dust slept on dull coils of bronze and silver, lozenges of cinnabar, on rubies, leprous and winedark stones.
			
			
				Loam, what is this that is? 
			
			
			
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