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Illustration: Watercolor on paper by Anne Tamondong

Published 15 Sept 2010

We walked together in this hallway, and sat on this self-same Persian runner, gazing into space, saying sweet nothings, making love. Yet, love was forbidden between the two of us and quickly I became your Romeo, and you, my sweet Juliet. We kept our secret hidden, yet I couldn’t resist. I bought you the latest fashion, dressing you up like a queen one second, and wantonly removing it in bursts of lust the next. This was our downfall. Your nubile body was always in my thoughts, fueling fantasies beyond the ordinary. You couldn’t take the strength of my desire nor the unquenchable lust I felt for you and one day, as a cradled you in my arms, the heat rising in my body, you fell apart.

I tried to put you back together, but my attempts were futile. Although my craftsmanship was flawless, you suddenly lacked the soul which I fell in love with. You were just another Barbie doll with platinum blonde hair. You were gone.

And so I dressed you up one last time, in your favorite black dress and placed you in the best glass case that money could buy, facing the painting you so loved, in this hallway where we had the best memories. And so here I am, and the hallway is growing dark. Maybe, in our next lives, we could be together again… Maybe…