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Tactile

textile

By Harper LewisPublished about 20 hours ago 1 min read
close-up of a silk scarf

my skin is silk,

supple, slubby in the right

places, pink as a promise,

holding me together,

sun bronzing me into

goddess status not statue

nor statute. Liquid in love

and light, reflecting:

razzle-dazzle shimmering shimmy,

shameless hipquakes, interior walls

trembling into the foundation

of passion, molten lovecrumbs

smearing the sheets, faces

bodies glowing, anointed

into limbless limpid lucidity,

luxurious luster of love.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction might have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈

MA English literature, College of Charleston

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  • Sara Wilsonabout 11 hours ago

    This is lovely, Harper.

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