Life at the Lees: X 107 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Life at the Lees: X 107

The Body, X107, knew the barred door, the prison dress, the physical humiliations of the cell, the rage against a society forced thus to protect itself.

But the Soul, looking through the eyes of its jailer, the Body, saw the stars; it felt the winds blowing over fields of blossoming grass; it heard the lap of moon-led waters, and the laughter of little children.

Which was the real woman the Body or the Soul; the Body, which found its level in the gutter, or the Soul, rejoicing in beauty and goodness? Who can say!

But there is one thing we can say, we who feel the tragic contradiction of the singer and her song.

We can confess that our way of punishing the bodymay, and often does, destroy the soul. In this little book the soul of X107, in spite of us and our blunders and cruelties, is yet alive, and sings.

These verses are published as they were written without any attempt at editing. The brief extracts from letters, chosen at random, are included with the consent of the author. They give a glimpse of later life and personality.

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