Body Parts

It happened when her armour slipped:
my eyes saw flesh; hands grabbed at it.
Another part (was this a sin?)
responded to unguarded skin.

They called it vice, and They dismissed me
(And her as well, for having tricked me).
Innocent parts – they knew no better.
They saw the Fall and came to get her.

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Subtle imagery is fun.

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