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So Easily

her smile came so easily

before I could even blink,

she made my heart race

brought me to the brink

 

dress slipped off so easily

mysore silk of jade green,

the body of a svelte and

molten Myanmar queen

 

her love given so easily

from a brimming chalice,

no passion ever rivalled

what oozed from Alice

 

slipped away so easily

with barely a mumur,

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