Mrs Midas Flashcards
1
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Mrs Midas 1
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Look, we all have wishes;granted.
But who has wished granted? Him.
2
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Mrs Midas 2
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It feeds no one; aurum, soft, untarnishable; slakes no thirst.
3
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Mrs Midas 3
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Separate beds.
4
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Mrs Midas 4
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He was below, turning the spare room
into the tomb of Tutankhamun
5
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Mrs Midas 5
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we were passionate then,
in those halcyon days; unwrapping each other, rapidly,
like presents, fast food.
6
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Mrs Midas 6
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And who, when it comes to the crunch, can live
with a heart of gold?
7
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Mrs Midas 7
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My dream milk
burned in my breasts
8
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Mrs Midas 8
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So he had to move out.
9
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Mrs Midas 9
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the woman who married the fool
who wished for gold.
10
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Mrs Midas 10
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a beautiful lemon mistake.
11
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Mrs Midas 11
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What gets me now is not the idiocy or greed
but lack of thought for me. Pure selfishness.
