Madame X

MADAME X

There are no longer any letters to Madame X
That passion has died an unnatural death

No more mysterious phone calls or texts

Black lipstick left on envelopes
Over twenty years ago.

All her children in a neat little row

Married now to the house & the show
Of upper class mediocrity.

No more letters from Madame X

Bored in her castle with many regrets
Now dressed in Mom fashions & drapes

~ R.M. Engelhardt
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