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On the narrow path we
converged |
Heart-warming kisses we
exchanged |
Blanketed by the African
nightfall |
In the bushy trees near
the Kalahari |
Every kiss a sweet
windfall safari |
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Into the night under the
stellar universe |
We traded hugs to a
heart's content |
Stars blinked at lovers'
romance |
Creaking insects
melodious dance |
The adventure of
forbidden kisses |
Surpassed all perils
that awaited us |
The forbidden kisses
were true |
Each kiss sweetened by
the African dew |
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Like a dew wetting the
tulips |
Mouth-watering kisses
grazed the lips |
A sweet kiss in the
killer jungle |
Tasted sweeter than life
itself |
Life-extending kisses in
the bush |
Were ended too soon by
ambush |
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The kisses were
punctuated |
with indelible blood |
when the umbilical cord |
snapped between brutal
scissors |
by perils belying the
path |
on forbidden grounds |
Now beyond the great
Atlantic |
The heart still crying |
for a fugitive of
Keetmanshoop |
As though I am still
hooked |
on the memory of the
past |
this hook is tearing me |
Like a fish in a hook of
its own |
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