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    Parker Owens
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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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Terpsichore Behind the Mask - 2. La Volta

A second chapter of dances between dream and desire. Please be aware these are unabashedly erotic. I must thank @AC Benus and @asamvav111 for their help in making these better than they otherwise might have been. However, all errors of any sort or description are mine alone.

La Volta

 

Is it wrong

to say that I crave you,

your body pinned to mine in pleasure,

each giving and receiving in equal measure

taking of one another’s treasure

moving in ecstatic

harmony?

 

I want you;

my need drives me crazy,

but they say desire often does that

to a man who gets drunk on it regularly;

and you are the perfect narcotic,

filling my emptiness

with hard joy.

 

Remember

how connection can feel,

fully alive to each other’s heat,

every nerve straining to memorize the flavor

of fevered filling and fulfilling,

action and reaction,

in each breath.

 

I feel you

knocking at my entrance,

asking permission to come inside;

the door is narrow but welcomes you nonetheless

for my inner halls will embrace you,

beckoning you further,

to heaven.

 

Cry aloud,

and fill the room with sound;

let every syllable ring with joy

as you plunge deeper into mysteries revealed;

for no part of me can keep silence

while your melody plays

within me.

 

Don’t hold back

as our conjoined dance unfolds;

move in me to that divine music

which sounded over the water at creation,

making us then who we are today,

for I will hold us close

and complete.


Many thanks for taking time to read these lines. I appreciate any reactions or comments you may have.
Copyright © 2022 Parker Owens; All Rights Reserved.
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I am grateful you took time to read Terpsichore. I must also repeat my deep thanks to @AC Benus for his invention and sharing of this poetic form, and for his help in editing and beta reading. I'm also thankful to @asamvav111 for his beta reading, and suggestions. If you have any comments or thoughts to share, I'd be happy to see them. Any sort of response is welcome.
Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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Parker Owens
58 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Your usual excellence as you give voice to intimacy. Well done! 

Thanks Gary. It’s good of you to try this dance, and to let me know what you thought. 

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weinerdog

"and you are the perfect narcotic," That's one I never heard that one before but that's perfect.This would be an example of a good narcotic

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AC Benus

A very hot sequence, almost a full meal, one -- dare I say --  complete from soup to nut ;)  

What an exemplary Skyscraper this is. Textbook worthy, I believe: 

 

Remember

how connection can feel,

fully alive to each other’s heat,

every nerve straining to memorize the flavor

of fevered filling and fulfilling,

action and reaction,

in each breath.

 

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Parker Owens
1 hour ago, weinerdog said:

"and you are the perfect narcotic," That's one I never heard that one before but that's perfect.This would be an example of a good narcotic

It is indeed a good metaphor, or at least it is for me. You were very good to read this week's chapter, and I thank you for your response!

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Parker Owens
1 hour ago, AC Benus said:

A very hot sequence, almost a full meal, one -- dare I say --  complete from soup to nut ;)  

What an exemplary Skyscraper this is. Textbook worthy, I believe: 

 

Remember

how connection can feel,

fully alive to each other’s heat,

every nerve straining to memorize the flavor

of fevered filling and fulfilling,

action and reaction,

in each breath.

 

You're really kind to say that, though I have to wonder if there's really a textbook editor that would feel comfortable including this particular Skyscraper. There's a banquet in these seven lines. Thank you very much for your comments and thoughts.

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Parker Owens
1 hour ago, chris191070 said:

A brilliant read, thanks for writing 

You're most kind; thank you for reading and responding!

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JACC

At a loss for words, @Parker Owens, thank you. What you describe here could be put in clinical, sterile words, or in the dirtiest way possible. Going with your skills, you just chose an elegant way to simply suggest, to just trigger the imagination of the reader and get a picture, a very personal picture of intimacy at it finest. Thank you, Parker. 

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Parker Owens

I’m very grateful you read these lines. That you felt they weren’t soulless or crude is a great affirmation. Thank you.

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Aditus

Your poem makes me crave spring, throw away all those comfy blankets, grab my dragon and dance, maybe outside? Not yet. Another storm is upon us.

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Parker Owens

@Aditus Yes, the blankets are ready to be thrown and the dance to be celebrated. But the snow blanket outside my window looks heavy, too. Thanks again for reading, and for your thoughts.

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Parker Owens
1 hour ago, dughlas said:

Such an energetic dance the Volta.

It is; in renaissance times it took strength and energy to do such an intimate dance correctly. Thanks very much for reading and for your response. 

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dughlas
Just now, Parker Owens said:

It is; in renaissance times it took strength and energy to do such an intimate dance correctly. Thanks very much for reading and for your response. 

The Volta was a favorite of Elizabeth I.

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