SHE KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS, AND OTHER POEMS, APRIL 21, 2024

she knows that he knows

secret pleasures she pursues

that pleases her more

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his hand held in hers

she instructs him in her secrets

rhythm of her dance

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she performs solo

adventureous acts for her

audience of one

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yes i've wept for you

though you've never seen my tears

just know someone cares

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completely alive

she awaits erotic words

prepared to perform

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some will call it sin

the love we find so normal

the ways we show it

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a lady author

longed to live her fantasies

write about her life

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what is your love song

set free is it high and keen

or shake you from inside

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chosen to be bound

you can be yourself and mine

love the one restraint

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a whorl of petals

wet with glistening nectar

surround precious stem

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she's so long deprived

eager now for each sensation

body racked with need

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i use poetry

to combat negativity

that's why i write so much

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breathless she sees herself

laid bare in his poetry

amid images of sin

• Donovan Baldwin