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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{a connection}
  robert brewer


From behind, I cupped her breast,
told her, “It will be all right,”
and tried not to let her know
I was turned on,
that I was focused on anything but her pain—

She then turned and kissed me hard
like she was trying to devour me,
and I swear
I almost cried out loud.