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Velvet

August 16, 2010
By diacritical SILVER, Thornhill, Other
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diacritical SILVER, Thornhill, Other
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&quot;If it doesn&#039;t come bursting out of you<br /> in spite of everything,<br /> don&#039;t do it.&quot; - Charles Bukowski, from &quot;So You Want To Be A Writer&quot;

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Velvet, sleek,
hideous and red.
My head spins.

I touch you,
velvet, your body,
so tense and violent.

Velvet, stop, please.
you engulf me,
my breath caught.

Velvet, fall to the ground,
collapse in a pile,
use me.

I need you,
velvet, your crushing grip,
your arched back.

The author's comments:
I felt like writing a more directly romantic poem, and here it is.
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