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I painted them red, (read: Clownish) Cherry-dipped and ripe For your taking. I hoped that you'd find them, A beacon amongst black. And Worm your way into them - Warm, wet, writhing. But I think I was too green, too naive, So stunted that if you squeezed me - With heavy hands - I would burst.
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Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 2019 at 3:28 PM UTC
Cherry-dipped
I painted them red, (read: Clownish) Cherry-dipped and ripe For your taking. I hoped that you'd find them, A beacon amongst black. And Worm your way into them - Warm, wet, writhing. But I think I was too green, too naive, So stunted that if you squeezed me - With heavy hands - I would burst.
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Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 2019 at 3:28 PM UTC
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