something deep in my soul said 'cry, girl'

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I was just sitting here
thinking of your kiss and your warm embrace
when the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips
revealed the tears that was on my face

R.I.P. Etta James

I gave you my heart ...

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...but the very next day you gave it away.
Now I know what a fool I've been.
I'm hiding from you.
I keep my distance.

Your hand, your tongue:

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look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under't.

Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5

then he kissed me *** then I kissed her *** then she kissed me

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the chrystals did it 1963, the beach boys in 1965 and kiss let them kiss in 1977

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose

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...written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily.