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