Anna Karenina’s Tragedy

Anna. She lifted her coffee cup,
swayed her pinkie away from it,
made a sound with her lips.
She lifted her gaze,
and she saw him looking at her.
She saw the most painful thing:
He is turned off by her physical being.

Vronsky. She lifted her hand,
made a sound with her lips,
she extended the little finger.
Fancy habits that he found
charming in her
then. In fact, he still does.
Notwithstanding
her jealousy,
her fears,
he still
loves her.
She thinks
he no longer does.
That's her tragedy.

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