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Cello

Sorrow climbs
its roofless tower

Descends to be thigh deep – 
genitalia deep.
Now it has the weight 
of rain clouds.

A smoked umber
moves through 
an invisible throat.
Fine hairs
are stroked to arousal.

A drowning wrist
above a whirring hand.
Pressure rubs saturated sounds
from probing fingers.

The belly of a curving drum
thrums, moves us to a place
where nothing matters
but the next note.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 10/17/2019 1:52:00 PM
A whispered "wow". The cello is pretty damn sexy.
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Eric Ashford
Date: 10/17/2019 2:17:00 PM
Hi Maureen, thanks for appreciating these steamy abstract notes. I play the kazoo in a similar way :-)

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