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Don't want you, but I have to

November 7, 2010
By splorter GOLD, Royal Oak, Michigan
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Your delicate stroke
unkempt intentions
leave the gaping hole
permanently engraved
into the palms of my balmy hands
pecking each layer
of my unknowing nape
sensation of you
seizes my body
weather I want it
or not

© Jenn B., Cincinnati, OH

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Marylouisegarner GOLD said...
on Nov. 26 2010 at 10:36 pm
Marylouisegarner GOLD, Applegate, California
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I love it! Seductive, but sincere. Great!