April 6, 2025
~ Third Place ~ Premiere Contest: Pets Sponsor: Rob Carmack
~ Second Place ~ Premiere Contest: 2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 5 Sponsor: Mark Toney
~ Eighth Place ~ Premiere Contest: Serpents, Scorpions, Owls Sponsor: Sara Jama
How wicked the tricks of your serpent’s lair a lingual place of wild mango magic behind caliente lips where a supple sensualist lies in seductive ambush— rum on the rocks spices the red bed of your taste buds libation temptation whets my wish like a knife on stone medieval my want to stir my tongue in your firewater my fingers a captivated trellis jealous and zealous carefree and careless find their way to getting lost in your midnight curls S curves wind from devil depths to bind aroused fingers— coiled accomplices hold me captive as I’m pulled in with potion-puncture fangs piercing my heart deep piercing my soul sweet eyes of winter blue skies belie your stealth l i p s heat-seek as you place your face to mine tongue flicks for a taste ah flirts with lust-basted taste yes y e s s s press your whispering mouth on mine my mouth blooms like a dusk-loving moonflower throat white against night my breath your honeysuckle unholy hunger unleashed a famished desperation my desperation so full of babydoll flame and ash your jaw unhinges to swallow whole my fire and ire oh bend me like a willow in the tongue-tie of your kiss break me take me make me buy the bliss in your hiss feed me fantasies I need to cede lace without chains as hush-winged-talons scythe bloodstreams of dreams bleed me in the weed greed of your sidewinding river ‘til you shed my love the way a constrictor sheds skin I crave to tame you claim you make you my burlesque feather boa— your lightning I’d capture and wear your glamour with rapture instead of being your convenience pet kept
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