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Fetish

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“Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI’m begging of you please don’t take my manJolene, Jolene, Jolene, JolenePlease don’t take him just because you can You could have your choice of menBut I could never love againHe’s the only one for meJolene” Dusty Springfield – Jolene For music background today Sarah Connor in Dolly Parton’s classic Your hairThe … Read more

Touch

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“Can you use these tears to put out the fires in my soul?‘Cause I need you here, ‘Cause I’ve been shakingI’ve been bending backwards ’til I’m brokeWatching all these dreams go up in smoke Let beauty come out of ashesLet beauty come out of ashesAnd when I pray to God all I ask isCan beauty … Read more

Eyes of Ishtar

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“Ishtar, the goddess of love, came to Gilgamesh, and she spoke to him with a seductive voice.” “Ishtar, the goddess of desire, offered herself to Gilgamesh, but he rejected her advances.” “Ishtar, the patroness of love and war, called upon her father Anu to punish Gilgamesh for his disrespect.” “Ishtar, the queen of all the … Read more

Your smile

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“But it was the rats that terrified him. The white-hot fear of the rats drove him on, and he scrambled up onto the plank, pushing himself against the wall.” “The rats were his greatest fear, the one thing that could break him, and the Party knew it. They had found his weakness and were using … Read more

Forbidden Love

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I don’t deserveYouNeither your loveNot your attentionI can earn your friendshipI already haveBut that’s differentKettle of teaAs the EnglishSayYou don’t belongTo meNeither your timeNor your bodyI haven’t workedFor You18 hours a dayAt leastAnd EverydayI haven’t suspendedMy dreamsTo secureYoursAnd I haven’t SufferedBoredom and frustrationAnd painIn order onlyFor yourHapinessI haven’t holdYouWhen you felt painAnd frustrationOr sufferedYour angerAs … Read more

Over 50

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“You ask about my conscienceAnd I offer you my soulYou ask if I’ll grow to be a wise manWell, I ask if I’ll grow old You ask me if I’ve known loveAnd what it’s like to sing songs in the rainWell, I’ve seen love comeI’ve seen it shot downI’ve seen it die in vain” Bon … Read more

Dust to dust

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“In secret we met—   In silence I grieve,That thy heart could forget,   Thy spirit deceive.If I should meet thee   After long years,How should I greet thee?—   With silence and tears.” Lord Byron – When we two parted We enter A new set targetWell …It’s not that freshRe-heated dishTo divert our tasteFrom the rottenApplesA new goalWhich will give us A … Read more

Insanity

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“An angel! Nonsense! Everybody so describes his mistress; and yet I find it impossible to tell you how perfect she is, or why she is so perfect: suffice it to say she has captivated all my senses.” Goethe – The Sorrows of a Young Werther Absolute Genius Musician today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7MoOFpzACA In some brief spellsOf realityNot onceIn … Read more

Arianne

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“And there, on the island of Naxos, lay Ariadne, her beauty unmatched, her heart broken by the betrayal of Theseus.” Homer – Odyssey I glance You onceHolding a penArianneDrawing a lineSort of sublimeThe lineAnd you thenArianneAs wellThat rang a bellI senseThat quest for symmetryIn your mind Is tenseHenceThat poetryCause I’m not blindTo the thingsOf beauty … Read more

Still here

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“A LILY-GIRL, not made for this world’s pain,With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears,And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tearsLike bluest water seen through mists of rain:Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain,Red underlip drawn in for fear of love,And white throat, whiter than the silvered dove,Through whose wan marble … Read more