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Aldo Kraas posted in the group National Poetry Month
Fine
Very fine
Like a worm
Shirt cotton threads pull
And fray
Bare skin
Pale skin finally
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Read MoreI don’t soften when it’s you.I go feral. The sheets disappearthe moment I feel you near.Only heat remains,thick, animal, undeniable. My body leans forwardbefore permission,before thought survives. Your touch finds me.Something ancient wakes.No patience,no civility,only wantcracking open my chest. I close my eyes...
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This is exact, in that it leads the reader with a daring promise of heat, without scorching their eyes and ears with blatant words. It’s like lingerie verses naked; Make them yearn first, build the hunger.
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Thank you, Styxian. I’m glad the heat landed in that quieter way… felt rather than shown. 🙂
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The sense of outside, of otherness in this so so palpable. It definitely reminds me of moments when I felt on the outside looking in. I remember days when it was YOU who stopped by to reconnect me to the world. You expressed it so perfectly, Brenda 🧡
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Aldo Kraas posted in the group National Poetry Month
Don’t you forget about God
Kids it was you God that
Gave you life after
He created you
In his image
And now your kids are
Vaping
Also, you think vaping
Is cool
Kids you don’t know that
You are
Destroying your health
Also, you are going to
Die young
Also, your kids drink
Beer
Your kids are destroying
Your liver
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Bat Powers and
Martin are now friends
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Thank you, Gus. I’m glad this one met you like that. And your hunger for the next makes me smile. 🙂