Twin Songs in the Womb

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imagining myself sweet

we slept

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his smooth fingers I brush against inside

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light tipped on heat

oil before orgasm

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hair, I play

he smiles first

all gums

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with

simple affection

we become children

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Oh how we so easily horizon

Oh how I fall onto his heart when he tells me of conception

Oh how sweet our taste

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heavy heirlooms

millennial

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and my heart did not stop beating waiting for dawn

and my heart will not end beating waiting for birth

and my heart has one twin beating waiting for breath

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presence

that obsession

conjugating compassion

negating possession

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Oh how we expand to include each other

Oh how I need no fantasy

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press my face into his back and curl my legs under his arms and tell him he is safe and loved and worthy

and we do not need to go through this life alone

and we do not need to overcome our guilt alone

and we do not need to dance alone

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I release

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you

babe

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