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Issue 1: In this issue Advice to a Would-be Entrepreneur A Lady's First Sighting of Michelangelo's David Captain W E Johns Rallies Us in the Dark Days of the War
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A Lady’s First Sight of Michelangelo’s David (Sorry, Wordsworth)
Earth hath not anything to show more fair. Dull would she be of soul who could pass by A sight so sexy in its nudity. This David now doth like a garment wear The beauty of his youthful body, bare. Nipples and toes and thighs and temples lie Open unto the gaze of passers-by, All gobsmacked in the city’s smoky air. Never does Hubby beautifully sweep Into my room in such a déshabille - Ne-er saw I, never felt, such warm and deep A longing, never had so strong a thrill - Dear God, imagine lying down to sleep Beside a man like that, and lying still …
Frances Thompson
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