An Asian master-sir has me kiss his wife’s sneakered feet:
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| ‘You kiss my wife feet, slave. Show respect. We your masters!’ |
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| 'Kiss other foot, slave. Look only at sock!' |
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| 'You obey my wife, slave. You just a damn slave! She your master!' |
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| 'Yes, master sir. Yes, masters. I kiss your feet, masters.’ |
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| Whilst I dutifully focus on the mistress's white sock in front of me... |
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| ...and the creases and folds therein... |
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| ...I am acutely aware of the master-sir's black sock in the distance... |
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| ...and the thin and worn areas of stitching in his sock |
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| The SOCK of an ANGRY MAN! |
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| His wife, meanwhile, remains serious, but demure, as you might expect in an Asian lady |
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| I truly do admire her sock and look up to it! |
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| I humbly and silently count the creases in the sock... |
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| ...and the individual stitches within each crease! |
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| And if and when her husband deigns to present his leather shoes to my menial mouth for respect-kissing... |
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| ...I shall count the stitches in his socks also... |
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| ...out of respect for both my superior masters! |
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| What an honour for the likes of lowly me to be so close to the SOCKS of two such superior beings! |