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Depended On Kindness
An elderly concubine looks
at the black silky lace*
in the crimson casket
with a smile of understanding.
The royal gift of grace
from the new young sultan.
* The Lace Of The Sultan. Whoever got it had to commit suicide by strangling himself with it.
02/08/2019
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Kurt Ravidas
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