Ruminations on Prince B-sides and Rarities
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I. Erotic City
I was 13 when my fingertips found the groove
tapping along a rounding hip
oblivious to biology’s intent
but waking up to the possibilities.
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II. Sex
A hunger lies docile within me. Her key
a man’s tender inquisition. If I let him touch her
- beware. Her tendrils grow deep, curious
on testing what insatiable will bear.
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III. Girl
Boy, the word runs around
my mouth, whispering to my tongue,
hell can be raised with a lick,
flick— or just a kiss.
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IV. Electric Intercourse
The air sears between hips, this melody
a startled beauty, breathing in halting sips
if this kiss be unwritten may the lust
tasted be enough to condemn the fingertips.
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V. The Question of U
Divining answers from a guitar solo,
sycophant in this, his religion of desire.
I bare myself to the speakers,
pray somewhere he is listening.
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