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SHE IS A CREATURE TO BE LOVED,
AND TAMED,
AND THEN MADE WILD AGAIN.
SHE IS ONE OF A LOST RACE,
THOSE GENTLE ONES,
THOSE THAT ARE TENDER,
AND THOSE WHO LOVE PEACE.
THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN,
NOTHING TO LOSE.
WE MUST INVADE HER DREAMS
WITHOUT A SOUND,
WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST
DISTURBANCE,
AND FIND HER SECRET.
CAREFUL IF YOU AWAKEN HER
SHE MAY VANISH.

THEY ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.
DON’T TRY TO CHANGE THEM.
YOU SHOULD NEVER TRY TO,
OR WANT TO
CHANGE ANYBODY,
NOT EVEN YOURSELF.
DO NOT ALLOW
YOURSELF TO BE
CHANGED.
NO ONE HAS
THE RIGHT TO.
SHE IS INNOCENT,
AND WILL NEVER
BECOME
COMPLETELY
CIVILIZED.

WOULDN’T YOU
LIKE TO
PUT ON
HER FACE
LIKE A MASK,
SEE WHAT SHE
SEES,
SEE WHO SHE
SEES,
SEE WHO SHE
LIKES,
SEE WHAT SHE
LIKES,
AND FIND OUT
WHY.

SHE IS LIKE A CAT.
SHE SCRATCHES.
SHE’S MEAN.
BUT THEN
SHE BECOMES
TENDER AND WARM.
HER KISSES ARE
INEXHAUSTIBLE
AND
SELF-SUFFICIENT,
NOT JUST
A STEP
ON THE ROAD
TO
PLEASURE.
SHE MIGHT EASILY
KILL
YOU.
BUT THEN
CALCULATED RISKS
ARE
NOT ALWAYS
UNATTRACTIVE.
SOMETIMES SHE IS SAD,
SHE CRIES.
BUT THEN
SHE LOOKS AT YOU,
AND IN YOU
SHE SEES
THE SUN,
LOVE,
LIFE.

YET
ONE DAY
THERE WILL BE
NOTHING MORE,
JUST BLACKNESS,
ABSENCE,
DEATH.
THIS DOESN’T BOTHER HER,
ONLY THE FEAR
THAT YOU MIGHT DIE FIRST.
SHE WANTS TO GIVE,
YET TAKE
EVERYTHING
FROM YOU.
SHE WANTS
TO
POSSESS YOU
COMPLETELY.
SHE WILL NOT
LET YOU GO.

SAY YOU LOVE HER,
SAY YOU WILL PROTECT HER,
THAT NOTHING WILL HARM HER.
SAY SOMETHING
SAY SOMETHING MEANINGFUL,
SAY SOMETHING FINAL,
SAY THAT YOU WILL KILL HER
IF SHE LEAVES YOU.
SHAKE HER.
TELL HER THAT IT IS SERIOUS.
TELL HER THAT YOU ARE SERIOUS.
TELL HER THAT SHE MUST BE SERIOUS.
SAVE HER
AND SAVE YOURSELF.