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In strange uncertainty I strain to speak
of my confusion and the gravid surprise
now spiraling behind my reticent eyes—
discovering that words are fatally weak.
Crooning fingertips and lips give your cheek
and indolent throat diversion from the rise
of my intention, disrobing my disguise
of indifference, lured by your primal mystique.
Your loose, twisting hair of quiet brown
obscures the hard white shoulders I need,
and the soft, swaying breasts of my desire—
my tongue dips lower, where your scents conspire
to enrapt, then to inculcate this profane greed
to always reap the secrets beneath your gown.

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swampmessiah Saint Paul, Minnesota

I was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1957. I've been drawing all my life and painting since about 1975; I started writing poetry and rants in, maybe, 1976; since 1996 I've been recording those poems and rants, usually with a "musical" backing.
I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My partner and I have two children. I have a day job that is in no way artistic.
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