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Her desire, her passion, her beauty:
that I should participate, empower,
enable and consent to her wanting,
to her desire and yearning, that she
should manipulate, seek a modicum
of control over, her environment
as anyone might, despite social frowns
upon active and moving female want,
for a woman who wants does not a wanton make.

For she is ‘people’, like I, if different,
and we both, like we all, are ensorcelled
and enlivened by passion’s power; ’tis
a destination, a motivation,
a dedication and a devotion:
to the beauty of passion that fires our soul.