I warned him, said you know I have a cold mouth and iron lungs
He said, honey, you'll always be enough
We hear their cries in the back of my mind
To them, I am a crime
They do not know about the ring I wear
He gave it to me I swear
In Winslet Corner, her name is "bastard daughter" or "murderer."
He calls her Ciara.
There is plenty of room for deception.
But no one questions why her surrogate parents call her Juliet.
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I Always Was
Short Story: In which a town's bastard daughter commits her last act of rebellion by "stealing" their precious king, knowing they haven't noticed the rings on their fingers.
