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Devouring Temptation

I wish to dance with fire Dressed, of course, in plain human attire I wish to taste of the intensity of the heat Swallow it and blow it back Meaning to impose over it My passionate authority! Why, can't I not rule this mighty power So mighty and so bold So audacious and so gallant So daring and so confident As if it knows, that in one flick of its fingers It can easily consume the whole of existence! Why, having tamed it, I shall keep it in check While enjoying it, to soothe my own inner pandemonium Pray, fire and the feel of it Over me and in me Has me soaring high up in ecstatic euphoria! Together, we shall sway with the wind's blows Engaged always in a sensual rapture Lost and transfixed in each other's presence Caring never to glance at who might be watching But, seeking only to please ourselves With each other's fiery ebullience! I wish to dance with fire, but pray, glancing at it raging In the bonfire, I do wonder if I shall ever dare to!

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