First Line: BEFORE A THIRTEENTH YEAR WAS OLD Last Line: BEHIND A SCREEN OF HO HO BIRDS. Subject(s): JAPAN; PROSTITUTION; JAPANESE; HARLOTS; WHORES; BROTHELS;
Before a thirteenth year was old, Her ivory body had been sold.
There were none to heed the cry Of a quivering butterfly.
Tender heart beats counted twice In the final sacrifice.
Tears express forbidden words Behind a screen of Ho Ho birds.
