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Clockwork

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By Aspen Marie Published about 13 hours ago 1 min read
Photo: mine.

Predictable ticking

Ratcheting, ramping

Tighter and hotter

Some kind of

Wood fire grill

Stoked to sear

Preparation takes time

Flames lick

Higher and higher

Why must my body

Operate on

A schedule

Clockwork desire

Copulate to procreate

Hisses an insistent voice

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About the Creator

Aspen Marie

In love with life and all of its foibles.

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  • C. Rommial Butlerabout 4 hours ago

    Well-wrought! All my base instincts and desires seem to me sometimes like petulant children pestering for attention, so I try to find constructive things for them to do, as I know if I give them free reign to play, we'll all end up on the other side of some costly misadventure. It was not a boring life, by any means, but I barely survived it! I might be a Cuckoo Clock...

  • Novel Allenabout 11 hours ago

    Very good questions, vibing sleeping waking - same over again. Dance it away, feeling - questioning.

  • Paul Stewartabout 11 hours ago

    Rawr... this was hot!

  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarranabout 13 hours ago

    Oooo, that was sensual. The photo and your poem complement each other very well!

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