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Flesh Sounds

By Karen

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Smack happy clap of hand to hand that signifies delight. We all know the meaning in the act of whacking one hand with the other. There are others, too. The squish of penis pushing through the gripped walls of vaginal tight- the rasp of hand rubbing up its own and opposite arm to coax the warmth back in. The drag of sandpaper on concrete of the close shave. The crack of palm to ass, congratulatory or erotic punctuation and the best and almost silent press of soft lip to soft lip; the tiny blip of sound when they pull free. It's reassurance that we're all pumping blood. A stethoscope would feed the whoosh,whoosh, whoosh into the ear and you would know a happy sound; that you are dancing on the xylophonic keyboards just like everyone, a cutaneous cacaphony, wholly banged in praise of noisy disarray, the messiness and music of the flesh. Written December 29th, 2001 © on Dec 29 2001 12:09 AM PST   18 • 0 • 16

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