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                                                     ha
                                                          t fr
                                                              ame
                                                   That frame,       ,
                                                   T
                                                            o behold
                                              A sight to behold,           ,
                                                        t t
                                              A sigh
                                        Just one graze is all I seek.
 - MARIANN AJITH,
 - M ARIANN A JITH,                     Just one g      r az e is all I seek      .
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 BPSY
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 EAR
                                         C
                                           onc
                                                                           t
                                         Concession not granted,
                                                                            ed
                                                 ession not g
                                                                       an
                                                                     r
                                                                                ,
                                 e been taugh
                                                                        is not an answ
                                                       t tha
                                                                       ’
                      but I
                               v
                                                                ‘NO
                                                                                                er
                                                              t
                              ’
                      but I’ve been taught that ‘NO’ is not an answer.                             .
                                         What I covet, I vanquish
                                         W
                                             ha
                                                 t I c
                                                              , I v
                                                                   anquish
                                                           et
                                                       o
                                                         v
                                         A  nd so I c    onquer      ed her     .
                                         And so I conquered her.
                                              eel m
                                                                                         ,
                                                                         ain on her
                                I c
                                                       y vigour dr
                                    ould f
                                I could feel my vigour drain on her,
                                   w she pleaded
                                                                              y pear
                               Ho
                               How she pleaded, those teary pearls.                        .
                                                            , those t
                                                                                        ls
                                                                         ear
                  Oh no no, how could I cease when I was at the peak.
                  Oh no no       , ho   w c  ould I c    ease when I w          as a   t the peak      .
                                           , those w
                                                                                       ouch.
                          T
                                                          a
                                                             es
                                                                                   y t
                            hose lips
                                                                 , r
                                                           v
                                                                    igh
                          Those lips, those waves, right at my touch.
                                                                         t a
                                                                             t m

                                                         ick
                             A
                             And then, oh a trickle of scarlet spilled.                     .
                                                                            let spilled
                                nd then, oh a tr
                                                              le of scar
                                                               , tha
                   This can work one way too, that’s how I was taught.                                 .
                                                                               w I w
                                                                       ’
                                                                                       as taugh
                                    or
                                                                        s ho
                                                                                                     t
                                                     a
                                        k one w
                   T
                                                           oo
                                                                      t
                                                      y t
                     his can w
              W
              Well, I’m done but she’s off to sleep and I don’t think she’s
                 ell
                        ’
                                                   ’
                        m done but she
                                                                                         t think she
                                                                                        ’
                     , I
                                                            o sleep and I don
                                                                                                           s
                                                   s off t
                                                                                                           ’
                                                  waking again.
                                                  w  ak  ing again.
                                       But that’s no worry of mine,
                                       But tha     t ’ s no w  or  r y of mine     ,
                      ‘Coz the statute told me that she was just a doll,                            ,
                                         tut
                           z the sta
                         o
                      ‘
                       C
                                                  old me tha
                                                                    t she w
                                                                                as just a doll
                                              e t
                                                                   igh
                                              She had no rights,            ,
                                              She had no r
                                                                         ts
                                  and what I did was my birthright.
                                  and wha       t I did w    as m    y bir  thr  igh   t .
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