<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=463743" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Jochanal (after Wilde)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, John was not a bad looking dude-<br>a smelly diamond in the rough. All the same<br>when he snubbed her in the market place<br>she burned with shame.<br>'Mama', she complained, 'he was RUDE! <br>and clearly at blame.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was nonetheless a bit surprised, <br>when Herod, shaking off his trance<br>smiled and pledged her 'whatever'<br>merely for dancing a dance, <br>and when Mama commanded<br>'Child, his head'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What could she do? <br>She must, as the law bid, <br>study to be a dutiful daughter; <br>so, richly scented, grazing his leg, she pled<br>for the simple gift<br>of John the Baptist's head.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king's face fell with regret-<br>that was not wise, <br>John oddly popular, after all- <br>but fearing if he compromised<br>it would be all over town<br>nodded, finally, sighed</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And within the hour a guard in golden greaves<br>returned with the head in a pail<br>only it wasn't handsome anymore.<br>The king puked and grew pale<br>as she fetched it out, kissed it's lips<br>and danced it around the hall.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Morgan+Michaels">Morgan Michaels</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=463743" data-title="Jochanal (after Wilde) de Morgan Michaels" data-description="Now, John was not a bad looking dude- a smelly diamond in the rough. All the same when he snubbed her in the market place she burned with shame. 'Mama', she complained, 'he was RUDE! and clearly at blame.' She was nonetheless a bit surprised, w..."></div> </div> </div>

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