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Blinking (Free verse) by zodiac

Once as children, ranged on a rock above a twinkling unending sky-blue stretch of sunlit water, we smoked stolen cigarettes, made jokes about being scared of jumping - to talk ourselves into doing it, of course. You had to kind of blink, to let yourself forget; then you were falling, the shock of cold water catching you back. I could do it once, I know. And if I could forget myself like that again, if I just knew how we did it before, I could surprise you yet - could take your hand, laugh, leave this town - or lock my lips on yours, or pull my ready cock out into the world's unsuspecting view.

zodiac 23-Apr-04/3:56 AM
The only times I have ever been taken with the idea very strongly are every time I've ridden on the London Underground. No other underground does it, just the London one. However, if I happen to be standing next to a shallow duck-pond somewhere, I'll almost always be tempted to step in it. The image of myself standing knee-deep in scummy water, perhaps surrounded by ducks, perhaps not, and not really doing anything, just standing - well, it's incredibly hard for me to resist. I suppose that's kind of the same thing.




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