Rug Burns
In time we would appreciate
the lure of cotton sheets,
with king-size mattress firm enough
to muffle frantic beats.
At times tea candles lit the room
each one a sputtering wick,
their brief lives ended in two puffs,
our four-lipped foreplay trick.
Most times we’d tumble to the floor
our carnal thirst to slake,
the god of lust well pleased we knew
what trophies rug burns make.
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Written on June 04, 2023
Submitted by Noddy on July 27, 2024
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| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XBXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 76 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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