Serpent’s Kiss

Posted by Brad Osborne on January 28, 2023 · 11 Comments 

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Lips as red as Eden’s apple

And twice as attractive

Filled with the knowing

Full and extractive

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Where whispered the words

Sweet as a winter wine

That feed my smitten soul

And beg me there to dine

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Just one short taste

Seems it could do no harm

I lean to meet your smile

Succumbing to your charms

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And like a flash of lightning

In that momentary bliss

I willing give up heaven

For the fire that is your kiss

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If Hades be the demanded cost

To burn away the original sin

Then kiss me one more time, my love

And let the burning begin

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