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By Rusty Barnes

Perverse Cowgirl

Know what you’re saying before
you say it. Your partner of choice
may have an opinion. You must
efuckingnunciate carefully so

that when you hop on or your
partner hops on there needs
to be between spasms a careful
avoidance of cramp. That’s when

you’re talking about something
else. A perverse cowgirl, though
is someone you want to be next
to you in the firefights of life

and the enrapturing
of the erotic. They are evil
when you need them to be
and crushingly familiar

with your Eros and your Than-
atos. If you have kink in you
they’ll bring it out. Bells on,
and maybe a bit of feathers

and the bedroom door firmly
set against the eventual creep
of your children who will see
something that takes years

of therapy to unsee and never ever
gets forgotten. On your deathbed
they will remember and before they
cry will think of you in lingerie. O God.

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  1. Matt DMay 16, 2013 at 1:45 AM

    You've left me in love.

    This particular stanza really grabbed me:
    **and the enrapturing
    of the erotic. They are evil
    when you need them to be
    and crushingly familiar**

    This is a poem that can be read profitably several times - each time something new will be seen, remembered and/or projected.

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