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June 1, 2014
By deductivewoman SILVER, Manchester, Connecticut
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"Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do." -Jack London

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Take me to where your sister lives
The Forbidden City
You have already tasted my forbidden fruit
Lost in the garden, moral dilemma:
Are the in-laws ready?
Forbidden love in the Forbidden City
(but this is the stuff of dreams)
If I wander your back alleys,
Will I find Lucifer lurking?
I hide myself away,
All pale cheeks and batting lashes,
Behind a fan
I would be your concubine
If only God would let me.

© Marty H., Bethesda, MD

The author's comments:
The first line comes from a song called "Star Bodies" by The New Pornographers.
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