Gossamer not threadbare
Parsimonious not cheap
Perennial half-bred
Of what eludes but surrenders
For which enigma has no equal
An instrument of affection
Harbinger to the merits of love
A nocturnal creature
Abandoned at daybreak
Ambassador to the virtues of sin
Canon to hedonistic comfort
Paraded and flaunted
For the permeation of light
Lingerie, the cosmetic muscle
Of what rests diaphanous
For light has no worthy twin
To the miraculous contrast of fabric and skin
Dilantha Gunawardana
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