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Secrets   Secrets   Do  you  want  to  know   how  this  feels?   Consequences of fire drips into  retribution   shellacking my  flesh_____   If I  Could   I  would   make  a  pledge with the furies   and for  just one moment   the tyrant could  be me…   in my  thoughts   your touch_____   (brilliant resurrection)   hand to mouth   in hushed eye___   veiled kiss…   Your passion pierces deep into   …unfurled soft parts   of my being______   Twisting and turning   I rise up   through the  mud   and stain the light…   You the  architect of this vista   mouth of my poetry   good of my evil…   here where my secrets drink   the gold of your sky______   toward where the echo of your  voice swallows   my curves   tasting   my openings…   in view of this: (where my syllables undulate   to the tone   of your vowels)   _____where the  velvet shadows bend    into the sacred trinity   birth is given….   Excerpt from 'Song of Desire'   © Gesso Cocteau Pete and Gesso 2017