Role Play

The damsel in the tower,

      has the power

            to languish longingly

                     hour by hour

                           playing so skilfully

                    

        her part

in this baffling mythical story

     with its heartening, inspiring glory

           was she real

                          or was she not?

A fantasy invented by me

    allowing my strategy

              for being both desired and free,

                  but her trapped - I sadly forgot

until I unlocked the door

              and with total horror saw

                            

                               her dead upon the floor!

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