MARK but this flea, and mark in this,---she knows shes pregnant
How little that which thou deniest me is ;---she was in denial
It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee, ---Its feeding off her
And in this flea our two bloods mingled be.--- now their bloods are combined
Thou know'st that this cannot be said-- cant be said that
A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead ;-- maybe its not hers?
Yet this enjoys before it woo,--enjoys her pregnancy
And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two ;--2 bloods, from the mom and dad
And this, alas ! is more than we would do.
O stay, three lives in one flea spare,-- need to get a house
Where we almost, yea, more than married are.-- more than married
This flea is you and I, and this the flea is a product of both parties
Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is.-- their marriage is also
Though parents grudge, and you, we're met,--her parents didnt like him
And cloister'd in these living walls of jet.--they got closer
Though use make you apt to kill me,--maybe he wants to kill her
Let not to that self-murder added be,-- maybe they want to gave a abortion
And sacrilege, three sins in killing three. --but that would kill emotionally all 3
Cruel and sudden, hast thou since-- sudden pain
Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?-- lost her innocence
Wherein could this flea guilty be,---lost her baby
Except in that drop which it suck'd from thee?--
Yet thou triumph'st, and say'st that thou--- triumpth with the lost?
Find'st not thyself nor me the weaker now.--- she is weaker now
'Tis true ; then learn how false fears be ;-- scared of fears
Just so much honour, when thou yield'st to me,-- all the happy feelings she had
Will waste, as this flea's death took life from thee-- paraished when the baby was lost.
Thanks! Was that the way you interpeted it? I was asking around and not many other of my classmates seen it that way.
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