Monday, December 8, 2008

Page 33

The door fell shut and I fell to my knees.

"Beware of all excesses!" -

Ladies and gentlemen, can you comprehend
the immensity of this prohibition?!

He'd banned me from wine, liquor, and tobacco,
he'd banned me from all my indulgences.
And now this final, most intense blow -
I felt eviscerated.

My guts were empty and my heart was empty,
and my belly was free of earthly indiscretions.
I had absolutely nothing left -

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