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A Kiss Before Dying And that’s when I took his life In an instant it was all over Death leaves the dead without strife And so it left me with her She, for whom his heart yearned She, for whom he his family turned She, for whom he our marital vows burned She, for whom he my love spurned She had no role in this Save that she was perfect She pushed him not in this It was their souls which fit He loved me still I know Even at the time of his death All the care did he show Even as I stifled his breath Yet love to him was empty For it wasn’t in me he sought It was she who had in he The meaning of true love taught I did not grudge his touch Nor did I deny him mine But what I saw in him lurch Was her name before mine And in that instant of carnal pleasure The meaning of togetherness I did measure For he took her name as would one Whose life had found the chosen one And my hands around his neck I clasped As I lay above him spread And when he so suddenly gasped Was it with lust or dread There was no inquest They let me rest There will be though When I meet her next, for …… ~Vikram C~
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