The Wrapper Has No Use

How fully wrapped you appear! How wholly draped you are! However, you are to me naked. Your pallu round the lean arm Hides from me your flat belly. Your pallu thrown over shoulder, Close to neck gives me a clue How deep your cleavage beneath is. Your pallu brought backward Covers the blouse with bra cut. Your pallu brought forward over shoulder encloses deep armpit, And the dimple of elbow. Your pallu never runs over the head, Which gives me all the clue How you will look where you’re hidden. I can see your long face, long nape, and long hair and long fingers, By which I can sense your hidden parts. However fully you are wrapped, However wholly you are draped, You are to me fully naked. To my passion or to my acumen- To which should the credit go? You can shut to my eyes. You cannot stop my eyes. 11.05.2001, Pmdi [repetition] [pallu is the end portion of Indian woman saree, thrown over the chest and a shoulder to hide the contour of one's breasts]