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Skin

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Her emerald top         phosphorescent candy glow         stick candy,         sno' cane -         floss like         the mane revealed beneath,         spun hair matted/woven into         icicle lengths & pubis mink.         Her presence as a monk sliding         under a cowl, jet-black velvet         or midnight eye-liner shadow         knotting strands of dark.         She comes on waves -         candelabra is a name         deft movement of finger         caressing storm, bare legs         shining wet street lamps         decantered ambered wine.         Cigarette floating between lips,         uncharted voyage of the smile         where puffs of smoke         are parrots' wings,         incandescent show-girls         in novelty across the flame.

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