VICE

The first was Nature’s lovely road, whereon my life was hurled.

I felt the stirring in my blood, which permeates the world.

I thrilled like willows in the spring, when sap begins to flow,

It was young passion in my veins, but how was I to know?

The second was the silent road, where modest mothers dwell,

And hide from eager, curious minds, the truth they ought to tell.

That misnamed road called ‘Innocence’ should bear the sign ‘to Hell.’

With song and dance in ignorance I walked that road and fell.

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