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ninafz
ninafz
You ran your hands over my body Like a caress, only not as tender More of a necessity, grabbing my flesh Your skin not quite as soft as mine Rougher and coarser Kissing my face as you held it in your hands Moving mechanically in practiced ritual Taking off our clothing, somewhat with urgency Before falling into bed Under the covers, hidden naked in the warmth We made a tent with the blankets Giggling like children with a secret Our secret, our intimacy, That no one else will ever know Just the two of us, there in that moment Our bodies moving together As you slip inside me Ever slowly, sensual, gradual, Your hands still running the length of my body As I shiver with pleasure Collapsing after, exhausted with the effort exerted I lie beside you Stretching out like cat, feeling every muscle pull Before snuggling into your side, held tight in your arms And falling asleep.
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 6:03 PM UTC
Blanket-tents and Childlike desire
Some men are never meant for this world, Never meant to live and die long lives on the ground Some are meant to burn to bright and too quickly Some are meant to fly to the sun The universe loves these people The drama they leave in their wake The universe thrives on their energy Creating horror for horror's sake Too beautiful for our world Too beautiful for this life Meant to spend sleepless nights awake Telling stories of lovers to God
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 5:15 PM UTC
To fly to the sun
How can you shave their heads Take their clothes And then march them to their death? How can you point at a mentally-ill child Who is being murdered, slowly, by starvation And call them the abomination? How can you encounter a mother Who is desperately trying to protect her defenceless child And level your gun to shoot her? How can you see the corpses piled in a heap About to be burned And not feel remorse? I look at you and wonder, Where was your compassion? How can we see the skeletal children Begging and starving And still waste food? How can we look at the impressionable youth in all their innocence Before making them fight our battles for us? How can we treat each other With terrible cruelty Knowing the effect it will have? How can we see the animals and plants In all their beauty And still be destroying our planet? I look at you and wonder, Where was your compassion? Then I look at us, And wonder, where is ours?
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Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 at 2:39 PM UTC
Untitled
A bright red glow emerges above the trees The light evokes a morbid curiosity in me A primal instinct that draws me to the light A house on fire, a house burning The light evokes a morbid curiosity in me We gather like flies to something that died A house on fire, a house burning “Was anyone inside? Anyone hurt?” We gather like flies to something that died Flames lick the walls as the roof falls in “Was anyone hurt? Anyone inside?” Despite the heat, I shiver Flames lick the walls as the roof falls in A primal instinct that draws me to the light Despite the heat, I shiver A bright red glow emerges above the trees
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Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 at 2:37 PM UTC
Morbid curiosity –A Pantoum
Do you remember our adventures, little sister? Do you remember our adventures? Down the Amazon in a inflatable boat All on a cold wooden floor. Clutching you in my arms, little sister, As our brother steered us through the rapids. Do you remember our adventures, little sister? Do you remember our adventures? When the rainy season arrived And we stood wobbling in the sinking boat, Throwing buckets of imaginary water Out onto the cold wooden floor. Do you remember our adventures, little sister? Do you remember our adventures? We navigated fierce waters, Fought of wild crocodiles, Only to be called to lunch And three pairs of socked feet shuffled down the hall. Nevermore, little sister, Nevermore shall we brave the waters of the Amazon, As we have homework to do Our rooms to clean And besides, the three of us could no more fit in an inflatable boat On a cold wooden floor.
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Jun 1, 2014
Jun 1, 2014 at 8:40 AM UTC
Do you remember – with apologies to Hilaire Belloc