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Telling stories's avatar

Nicely done Stella, well done! :)

Lia's avatar

Curious as to why you chose an image of Christopher Hitchens with his second wife, who appears to be in her mid-30s here, to illustrate a poem about underage mistresses.

Stella Tsantekidou's avatar

Because nobody knows who she is, so pick one, the wife or the legend. No disrespect to her, she must have been great, it just so happens that the photo is meaningful to me because I remember looking and thinking she looked beautiful and a bit similar to me? So maybe I could get a guy who writes like Hitchens? But no, I didn’t want to marry the polemicist. I wanted to fight the battle myself.

Burt's avatar

I wish I was the underage mistress. Alas not

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Nick's avatar

yes, they are of a much better culture