Pau
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Her cheek pressed
Against the door
Her spine arcing
Urgent into mine.
One arm around
Her lilting throat,
The other under
Her belly clasped.
Head inclined, the
Soft nape exposed,
My teeth gentle
Not to mark her,
But deep enough.
She lets me plunder.