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Need and Desire

Michael Clowers 1972

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The scene is set, anticipation saturates the air
Skin and heart
On sheet and sleeve, vulnerable and bare
Tips of fingers, tips of tongue
Touch and taste, exploring each rung
Breath and pulse quicken as pleasure begs to peak
Fingers and souls interlaced in throes of passion
Need and desire initialized in depths of this moment we seek
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Submitted by michaelc.72053 on June 23, 2021

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Scheme ABACCDED
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 328
Words 58
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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