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she was she wanting to be on top reeling feeling not quite a man i sought packing her bags leaving a dear John i slept deeply sleeping to forget but when waking missing a rib who did this did and done was another one but not the same as the other though named not forgotten perhaps the bottom was better to the letter L for love or for Lilith who knew this that though the other did come from a rib mustn't i have come from her cono

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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 6/28/2019 7:55:00 AM

Ooh! Had to look that up. Anything Lilith piques my interest. Did I mention I've a tattoo for her? BTW, am having success with my nootropics, fatigue and fog clearing. I had so much energy I danced for an hour before bed night b4 last. Then sat under the stars feeling more myself than I have in years. :) xomo

Jeff Connelly
Date: 7/2/2019 10:43:00 AM

Thanks for all the info. I'm changing my poem to vulva.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2019 8:12:00 PM

I never cut again. But the self beating probably started a year or so after that, I can't recall.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2019 8:10:00 PM

Yes, I looked it up ;)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2019 8:09:00 PM

...was pact with myself to never cut again, covered old scars. Got it three months after the accident. Did not hurt at all; I could have sat for a whole sleeve ;D

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2019 8:06:00 PM

The tat is a nude bald woman with a snake tattoo on her leg, she's holding the planet Venus, my own drawing. Not my first, but on my forearm. FELT tattooed after that one.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2019 8:04:00 PM

The V word! Just learned this, Latin for sword holder, sheath. It's the hole, not the sexual organ, that would be Clitoris. Vulva's the word you want, it's the whole package. ;)

Jeff Connelly
Date: 6/29/2019 12:19:00 PM

Thank you for the comment, but better yet about you medicinal success. That's wonderful Maureen. Also very cool about your tattoo. What does she look like? There are so many versions and beliefs about Lilith. Lastly, did you have to look up "cono"? It wouldn't let me type vagina which I think is a more powerful word; but such is this site. Thanks Maureen.