Why Must U Play the Harlot?
IN YOUR YOUTH YOU FAILED THE TEMPTRESS TEST
WITH UNRESTRAINED HASTE YOU WASH YOURSELF
PAINT YOUR EYES; FIRST THE RIGHT, THEN THE LEFT
AND DECKED YOURSELF WITH ORNAMENTS
IN HIDE YOU CONCEAL MARVELLOUS ELEMENTS
BUT IN OPEN BEHOLD A HORRIBLE TRUTH:
THE NUMEROUS LECHERS YOU COMPUTE
BRUISED YOUR TEATS FOR THE PAPS OF YOUR YOUTH
THUS CALLING TO REMEMBRANCE YOUR LEWDNESS
YOU HAVE MULTIPLIED YOUR WHOREDOM
PLAYING THE HARLOT LIKE THE LAND OF SODOM
DOTING UPON PARAMOURS, WHOSE FLESH IS LIKE ASSES
AND ISSUE LIKE THE ISSUE OF HORSES
O, WOMAN, YOUR SOUL IS FADING TIME AFTER TIME!
LIFT UP YOUR EYES WITH THE SUNSHINE AND REALIZE
YOU'RE SO BLUE AND HASN'T A CLUE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOVE AND LUSTFUL OBSESSION
BETWEEN CHERISHING AND TEMPORARY POSSESSION
O, WOMAN, FOR ENTICING WANTON MEN
A CUP WILL BE HANDED INTO YOUR HAND
A CUP IN MOTION WITH A STUPEFYING POTION
YOU SHALL DRINK OF IT DEEP AND LARGE
WITH A BELLY WIDER AND STRONGER THAN A BARGE
YOU SHALL BE LAUGHED AT WITH SCORN AND HAD IN DERISION
IT CONTAINS MUCH, THE CUP OF ASTONISHMENT
YOU SHALL BE FILLED WITH DRUNKENNESS AND SORROW
AND BEFORE THE TEMPEST COULD BLOW UPON YOUR SOUL
YOU MAY WELL HIDE YOURSELF FROM THE MORROW
O, WOMAN, WHY MUST YOU PLAY THE HARLOT?
SUCH IGNOMINY IS AN INFAMY TO ENDURE
TAKE A GANDER YONDER AT THE BIGGER PICTURE
ARE YOU READY TO MEET YOUR DEMISE, TO BE BURIED IN MANURE?
WELL THEN, WOMAN, WHY MUST U PLAY THE HARLOT???
Copyright © Arcene Janvier | Year Posted 2010
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