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I want you when your fragrance steals into my head.
I want you when coy glances rifle thru your hair.
I want you when evil kings clamor for your hand.
I want you when your feet dance before Herod’s throne.
I want you when the sun claims the grapevine in jealousy.
I want you when you bathe on the rooftop for no-one.
I want you when the church-bell on the steeple no longer tolls.
I want you when the roadhouse women roam in drunkenness.
I want you when you caress me under the blood orange moon.
I want you when your porcelain body sifts against mine.
I want you when you pass your unruly butterfly tongue thru my teeth.
I want you when you press your lips to my candle-bare nape.
I want you when the darkness frames your angelic pride.
I want you when you reveal your loveliness in full.
I want you when you break my crown on your brow.
I want you when your anklet peals in gladness.
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