748 - The Demimonde

Sunday Whirl (Wordle #174) presents a list of words

that we must incorporate in a writing piece.  

The words this week are: 

demimonde, candle, grand, oranges, abomination, allegiance,


transgression, asylum, myself, rites, Africa, reborn, gray.

The Demimonde.

noun: a class of women who have lost their standing 

in respectable society because of indiscreet behavior 

or sexual promiscuity.

Sultry, primitive, inviting,

With her ‘come and spend the night’ in 

Looks and demeanour,

Sophisticated, in a worldly sense,

Rings, curtains, candles,

Aromas that betray their allegiance

To the most basic of desires:

Orange, cinnamon, musk.

She speaks to the core of humanity

That is an abomination to the puritans,

The same ones who queue at her door, at dusk.

Sultry, primitive, inviting,

Echoing the fertility rites and acts

Practiced since the gray dawn of time,

Since we walked out of Africa,

Born and reborn,

To face death, 

Real and petite,

There has been a desire to meet.

This is not a transgression,

Just a brief asylum.

A meeting of minds,

And bodies.

Complete.

And then composure, 

Without remorse.

A part of the grand cycle of life.

Sultry, primitive, inviting.

I wouldn’t go there myself, 

Of course.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2014

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