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Desire
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The light, the flames
                from you leap up.
Licking my lips,
                touching my skin.
The fire moving in its
                dance of desire.

The smoke intoxicates me
                as the remnants of the inferno
                                drum a rhythmic beat.

The ashes fall sprinkling,
                tickling my face;
Sliding down my throat,
                coating my lungs;
Making every breath
                a desirous pant.

I chain myself. My body falls limp.
I am entwined with the desirous world.
The desire from you.


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