TRIAL SIZE

TRIAL
SIZE
KISSES
FROM FRESHLY ACQUAINTED LIPS
LACK LUST
BUT TREMBLE WITH ANTICIPATION.
ADRENALINE RACES LIKE CHILDREN,
RAISING HEART-RATES
UNTIL JACKHAMMERS
POUND OUT STACCATO SYMPHANIES
THAT RESEMBLE S.O.S.
AND REVERBERATE
ENDLESSLY INTO THE NIGHT.
 
Jeremy Anderson
Medical Records
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