Do you sleep in the nude Maud<\/p>\n
And show your breasts to the milkman<\/p>\n
As you walk around your room<\/p>\n
Do you leave erotic night notes<\/p>\n
Amongst the fraying bottles<\/p>\n
Asking for more cream<\/p>\n
Or do you disappoint the poor man<\/p>\n
And leave your drapes closed<\/p>\n
Even in the summer<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Did your brother kill your lover Maud<\/p>\n
In an unwarranted duel<\/p>\n
And were you left alone<\/p>\n
Naked in your bed<\/p>\n
Save for the bear<\/p>\n
That your parents gave you<\/p>\n
When they split up<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Are your days dreamlike Maud<\/p>\n
Or do you not dream<\/p>\n
Do your sit on the train smartly dressed<\/p>\n
Travelling to work<\/p>\n
And read the Catholic Bible<\/p>\n
Whilst considering your evenings masturbation<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Why did you alienate your friends Maud<\/p>\n
With your cold and remote manner<\/p>\n
Why do you cherish the loneliness of your flat Maud<\/p>\n
And the companionship of your flowers<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Most think you as bleak and suicidal Maud<\/p>\n
And do not really care<\/p>\n
People in cities lack the faith that you possess<\/p>\n
Your parents are dead<\/p>\n
And your brother disappeared years ago<\/p>\n
Hunted like a rabid dog<\/p>\n
But you keep their photographs in a box<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Duelling should be made legal \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
You wrote in your diary Maud<\/p>\n
On the day your lover died<\/p>\n
But your words were empty<\/p>\n
As you secretly disliked him<\/p>\n
And only enjoyed the physical aspects of his love<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I will tend your roses Maud<\/p>\n
And expect nothing in return<\/p>\n
Just stand at your window Maud<\/p>\n
Fresh from your violet sheets<\/p>\n
And welcome the day in all its sweetness<\/p>\n
I expect nothing in return<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Are you secretly modest Maud<\/p>\n
And share the language of flowers<\/p>\n
With only the few you trust<\/p>\n
Or are you a platonic lover Maud<\/p>\n
Only admirIing yourself<\/p>\n
In the many mirrors that you possess<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Do you sleep in the nude Maud<\/p>\n
And walk around your room<\/p>\n
Caressing the green wallpaper<\/p>\n
Do you long to share in its dangers<\/p>\n
Or do you lie on your bed Maud<\/p>\n
Gently licking your fingers<\/p>\n
And imagine the saline sea<\/p>\n
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