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Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
[...]
All that was good, all that was fair
All that was me is gone

"Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it."
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙨, 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙭 𝙁𝙞𝙫𝙚: 𝘼𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙏𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙮𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙨, 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙭 𝙁𝙞𝙫𝙚: 𝘼𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙏𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙮𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘯-𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧. 𝘠𝘦𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢.

𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯-𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴' 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵-𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘴, "𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺", 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯.

 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱�...

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"I will never be all goodness, all peace, all gentleness.
Is that what you want of me?
To be wholly light, made up of only pretty half-truths and
soft hands?
I am not,"
— eira c. briallen, untitled

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