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I seek you in the deep daylight 
Of bodies, covered by leaves
And glowing crystals of the sea.

We lie close to the soil,
Joined to ourselves forever:
Our flesh invaded by the sun,
In deep communion and final purpose.

Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) was an American poet, writer and lecturer. His writing has been described as avant-garde and surrealistic and was seen as part of the Beat Generation. You can read this and his other poems in Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia. 

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