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| Your hand is like a holy place that my hand is unworthy to visit. If you are offended by the touch, my two lips are here like blushing pilgrims, ready to make things better with a kiss. | |
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| By holding my hand you show polite devotion. After all, pilgrims touch the hands of statues of saints. Holding one palm against another is like a kiss. | |
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| Do not saints and pilgrims have lips too? | |
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| Yes, pilgrim. They have lips that they are supposed to pray with. | |
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| Well then, saint, let lips do what hands do. I am praying for you to kiss me. Please grant my prayer so my faith does not turn to despair. | |
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| You kiss like you have studied how. | |
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