Too childish for a grown woman to think when a gnarly hand captures her finger? No comment.

I've changed the title to "Captured" just to stave off some of this erotica.

Actually, it could be that, except she's got polished nails - thirteen or older maybe.

Well ok, if it gives you a laugh and mild itch for a smelly stableboy, then fine by me. Actually, you folks are all taking this way more erotically than I am. Admittedly, there’s suggestion in having your finger clasped in huge, work-rough hand, but wow, does it have to imply all this?

You pooor dear!

No, if properly used, they sometimes serve their intended purpose. You guys are taking this poem along unpaved paths and unintended passages.

Baby, this is the real thing!

It’s the big paw that entices strong hand ideas for the narrator. If you like little paws with shiny nails, then go for it from that angle. No need for ickiness either way.

Soft-handed men will do, I suppose, and sex toys serve other purposes. Perhaps the title is misleading; my finger is not so much swallowed as captured.

Good call on the extraneous "a."

Ranger, you are hopelessly infested with virtue. Stop looking for cures. S.R. has no idea how to handle that.

Oh, they're lovely. Thank you, ALChemy. :)

Maybe not better, but more Rangeresque.

It's because you got the maxim slightly twisted. Try: "It's better to give than to receive." I bet she liked the flowers.

Is that a double-chin older woman or a fenstimen deustus?

Alright you two, just play around in my parlor, what the h.