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Dangerous game

Playing house

By Laura ToddPublished 5 years ago 1 min read

The dangerous game 

of husband and wife 

As children 

brethren 

wanting to be 

more than family 

one flesh

Private laughter

Privates

Not following orders 

But urges

Love is always right 

We would always say

We always knew everything 

But we were wrong 

When everything was over

That was alright 

All right 

Then I felt wrong 

a child who knows

Trouble is coming

Well earned

But first, a treat 

Stolen

Bliss

Then the wrong feeling 

And the not remembering 

What was so right about the idea

 seemed so good at the time 

A dangerous game 

An innocent gain

And

The loss of innocence 

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