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MANDY O MANDY

Mandy O Mandy

are you woman or man?

Fifty fifty I would say,

do you have a plan?

 

I'm all at sea

you're just like me

with a woman's mind

in a strange and masculine territory. 

 

I can feel a song coming on,

strange fruit,

an unaccustomed harmony. 

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◄ CLOSING THE GAP OF YEARS

RIGHTS OF PASSAGE ►

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raypool

Sun 5th Aug 2018 13:37

I'm grateful for your robust and intelligent response David. This had no plan, just came roaring up from the subconscious. I don't let reason get in the way - but to respond, your first point is well made. The point about equality is obviously paramount, I think to some that is just a suspension of disbelief, which in itself is no bad thing!

Belief is after all the most dangerous of all flirtations IMO. I will just say we all have a mixture of whatever makes up the sexual identity, some conceal it, and some flaunt it.


I think I just liked that phrase Strange Fruit and nicked it.
It does imply to me a sort of desire to sample the goods, whatever they might be, whether mental or physical, both equally cogent.

Ah Nina ! I had to learn My Baby just cares for me years ago with its long solo, quite difficult, but not for her I reckon. Not that that's a particularly good example of her work. In the same way I was forced to play I Just Called to say I love you, to which with Stevie I would apply the same criticism.

Thanks for liking this Anya and Darren.

Thanks a lot . Ray

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