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Emotional Outbursts

Issue #35

I want a love to pour my all into, pure and white-hot-to-the-touch. I want to scold my skin on that acrid organ of his, and feel it pulsate in my palm. I want a Build-a-Bear in a big, ribboned box, plush and bulbous. I want heart-shaped chocolates to muddy my paws. I want a bed spread of red rose petals, with a wilting trail toward the door. Is that asking too much, do you think?

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