Incantation Against Lilith

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Veiled in velvet, is she here?
 Leave off, leave off:
 You shall not enter,
 you shall not emerge.
 It is neither yours nor your share.

Return...Return:
 The sea is swelling;
 its waves are calling.
 I hold to the holy portion—
 I am held in the holiness of the King.

© Pierre Reverdy