Spring reminds her of you.
The spirit of initiation.
Your nails, uncut, shrill, across the canvas.
Accessing her.
She dreams of you, in anticipation.
The way you will never be.
Coming closer.
You smell of decay.
Her senses not in their right mind.
You do that well.
You dance a dance that beguiles.
She is losing it all.
She sweats and feels alive, exhilarated.
Waiting for you on public steps.
Watching her shoes.
How her fingers paint your caress.
You make her feel unforgettable to herself.
She is patient with you.
You, grasping anonymous hands in your parade of women.
Your lips open to misplace her name.
She never learns that beginnings with you start with an end.
She dresses you in her fantasies.
You are not even there.
You slam the door in her face and she snaps out of it.
“Circe the Temptress” by Charles Hermans (1839-1924)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
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