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Poem Details
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| Title: | The Mask of Seduction |
| Date Submitted: | 4/17/2021 |
| Poem: |
Rain slamming brutally upon the streets Rats scurrying around looking for something to eat Alone in a cold filthy hotel The rats and rodents know her well. A tall dark stranger enters the door Asserting lady I have what you’re looking for. The masquerade begins to play As she whispers words she's rehearsed to say She's the mistress, the master, white slaver,manipulator Takes all your money then sees you later. As her flamboyant charade comes to a flawless close She imaginatively designs masks for her subsequent beaus she tarries along with her game of deception Laughing cynically as she plays marionette with their affection And in the midnight hours when strangers become affluent lovers She stashes cash in her corset then slips under the covers. As nightfall transfers to the light of day Her menagerie of plastic faces Are places intimately in private secluded places And she goes through her day in very usual way Garbling the same nonsense they all roboticly say Like madam how are you doing today? As nightfall creeps slowly upon the abandoned streets Another rich stranger she's scheduled to meet Instinctively surfaces her magnificent disguise and Again she whispers in their ears sweet little lies Mastering the game she so cunningly contrived ... |