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I'm not smooth. I cannot ****** you with a look, For uncertainty steals the set of my lips that would invite yours. I cannot lead you with my voice, For huskiness eludes me, as does breath. I cannot sell you with my body, For it knows not the boldness I would need. But with words I can stare you down, I can make you shiver, unflinchingly, I can honey the air with longing. With words I am a new thing, I am lithe as they are, I am sultry as they are, I am powerful As they are. Words are my home. Please come in.
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Dec 29, 2012
Dec 29, 2012 at 7:28 PM UTC
A Poet's Persuasion
I'm not smooth. I cannot ****** you with a look, For uncertainty steals the set of my lips that would invite yours. I cannot lead you with my voice, For huskiness eludes me, as does breath. I cannot sell you with my body, For it knows not the boldness I would need. But with words I can stare you down, I can make you shiver, unflinchingly, I can honey the air with longing. With words I am a new thing, I am lithe as they are, I am sultry as they are, I am powerful As they are. Words are my home. Please come in.
mikaila
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Dec 29, 2012
Dec 29, 2012 at 7:28 PM UTC
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