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What does it mean?
A description of a woman where hair becomes insect eyes and holes in her tongue hold sunlight.
In plain terms
Her hair looks like bug eyes and her tongue holds sunlight in every gap.
What can you take from it?
See the natural and strange beauty in a person.

Where it applies

  • viewing a lover
  • artistic observation
  • sensory overload

Putting it to work

  • poetic perception
  • finding light in flaws

Questions to consider

  • How do you describe someone you love?
  • What if eyes were insects?

Another view

It relies on surreal imagery that may confuse literal readers.

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