Persona

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With your long brown curls

And your dark sunglasses

And your legs crossed

Like you own the room

You mesmerize me

And a fire starts

And simmers beneath

My adult exterior

I look down as you glance my direction

And in my downturned gaze

I see us together

Lying on a beach, limbs entwined

Sun rays turning

my white skin brown

And your bronze skin darker

And I feel you there with me

And the intensity of suppressed desire

Takes my breath away

And I leave the room

A trembling mass of sensation

Because it seems like all the air has been stolen

And you never even notice

Lounging there in the crowd

Arm thrown back carelessly

Across the shoulders of your companion

Your caged recklessness

Your strong jawline

Your white perfect teeth