this teacher blandished me with generously gushy glowing
beguiling over-the-top compliments.
I pretended to not like it.
Returned ten minutes later to receive more.
Hearing her lavish the exact praise on my arch enemy.
Word for word including “You should be homecoming queen”.
Surely that was not to be a shared honor.
Right?
The eloquent foundation of a treaty evolved
Luck danced within the fabric that was our skin
Virgins we were to such tasteful artistry
Senses sharpening with each candid discovery
Phosphorescent rivulets blandished our bones
Displaying bravuras of a sensory love
By the vines of felicity we were skeined
A bed of our locks sleet had designed
Fleet each word had become razed
Illustrating wicked fallacies
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