he'll never swallow you whole again

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david
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he'll never swallow you whole again

Post by david » December 12th, 2012, 5:13 am

The sight of him
from the bedroom window

Caused the hair at the nape
of your neck to rise like the hackles of a dog

and your spine to twitch along it's length
where verterbrae were evolving defensive spikes

to stick in his craw.

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dadio
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Re: he'll never swallow you whole again

Post by dadio » December 12th, 2012, 9:25 am

Love it. Lucid, powerful and well composed. 8)

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Re: he'll never swallow you whole again

Post by david » December 13th, 2012, 4:46 am

Cheers Dadio....D

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