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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 |
| |
| 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 |
| |
| 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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