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Re: "A YEAR OF SUNDAYS" SUBMISSIONS - July 2022

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From: ME
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 18:44
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On Saturday, 30 July 2022 at 19:38:56 UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> The Gated Garden 
> by NancyGene 
> 
> โ€œWill you come with me, run away with me?โ€ 
> said a male voice in the warm breeze, 
> through the lush trees, from the flowers. 
> 
> I must stay always, on this garden bench, 
> safe from danger, far from strangers. 
> I donโ€™t know you, I canโ€™t see you. 
> 
> โ€œYou could leave with me, none can bar you from 
> a life far from this confined world. 
> You are wilting, in seclusion.โ€ 
> 
> Do you know of me, why I live this way? 
> I will kill you if we leave here. 
> I have done this; mourned my victims. 
> 
> I am forged of ash, in ungodliness. 
> You are thinking Iโ€™m a beauty 
> but Iโ€™m beastly, Iโ€™ll destroy you. 
> 
> โ€œI would take the risk, donโ€™t deny me thus. 
> Weโ€™ll be cautious in our travels, 
> I will love you, you wonโ€™t hurt me.โ€ 
> 
> I did try to warn, Iโ€™ve a conscience, 
> but heโ€™s gone now--men are foolish. 
> I am Lilithโ€™s seed, in her garden grown.

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