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Handmaiden Cupbearer

Carry to the king full flagons of wine,
this is your handmaiden’s duty mercy divine
Free-flowing ambrosia nectar fruit
mixed with stolen, silk tears of satin soft slavery
Pear-shaped heartache plucked,
a yearning branch uprooted from the bloodline tree
Comely cupbearer of the golden chalice,
harem handmaiden — 
pleasure prisoner in an...

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Categories: cupbearer, beauty, character, innocence, princess,
Form: Rhyme

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