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The Perfect Body

Hair like the beautiful brown bark on a tree, but soft like the wind and the clouds. Eyes shining and sparkling like the light reflecting off rippling water, and so very deep like the oceans. Nose, not like a branch, but there. Out of the way like the sun is on a cloudy day. Mouth. Lips of perfection; draped with scarlet. Their imperfection attracts desperation. Neck. Smooth and perfect, like the sand that stretches across the deserts. Chest like non other, yet nothing bad at all. Stomach and navel draw the eyes of passerby. So precious its surface, longing for lips to touch and someone embrace. Flat like the horizon, but curvy like waves in the sea. Hips, bony and visible. Draws attention when letting them show. Thighs, soft and scrumptious, as one might say. Lacks ugliness, as cow does stripes. Knees of a warrior princess. Strong and mighty, but pretty in the process. Shins, so sharp and revealing. With the calf's trailing behind like ducklings behind their mother. Ankles of beauty, which lead to the foot. Planted flatly each time it comes in contact with the ground. So exact, the posture of the body. Like a brick wall, never to come down. This is the perfect body.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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