JOSEPHINE 
 
As I put my quill to parchment 
To record the way I feel, 
How I reminisce of our very first kiss 
By the walls of the Bastille. 
Did you pillow-talk sincerely? 
Did you flatter from the heart? 
For I never knew that before we met 
You'd had it down to a fine art. 
 
You've never failed to hurt me, 
I've never known someone so dirty 
And yet also pristine - 
My Josephine. 
 
All the time, I'd never have thought it was you. 
All the time, who'd ever have thought it true? 
Just how your Medusa could seduce a man so clean 
Was unforeseen - 
My Josephine. 
 
In a blur, in a sea of faeces, 
There you were - fairest of the species. 
So demure, always such a young tease, 
There you were. 
 
But an heir you failed to bear me, 
How I wished it wasn't so. 
Ever in your debt with a hint of regret 
Even as I let you go. 
And as eagles soar on over 
All the lions left to tame, 
Ever nearer death, always under my breath 
I would whisper out your name. 
 
You've never failed to hurt me, 
I've never known someone so dirty 
And yet also pristine - 
My Josephine. 
 
All the time, I'd never have thought it was you. 
All the time, who'd ever have thought it true? 
Just how your Medusa could seduce a man so clean 
Was unforeseen - 
My Josephine. 
 
Now I think of the mess I'm in, 
I forgive you for everything. 
 
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