Challenge
Dear Prosers, I dare you write about the erotic, an almost taboo topic for poets in Prose. You can come up with either a piece of prose or a poem indeed. “Writing The Erotic” Brainstorm a list of mundane activities not usually though of as erotic--washing the dishes or the car, mowing the lawn, going to the dentist. Now, make a list of nouns associated with that activity. Then make a list of verbs and adjectives that you associate with sex. Stir everything together, and make the mundane activity sound positively orgasmic. (Activity taken from “The Poet’s Companion” by Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Laux)
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i’m sorry...
"I-I can't," she gasped, her hands running frantically along the sides of her companion, cheeks flushed and breathing heavy.
A sweet taste lingered on her tongue, saliva dripping down her chin, a hand flying to her mouth.
"N-no, I can't, not here-" she moans, fingers scrabbling along rusted keys and bloodstains of antiquity.
Then she breaks into giggles as she stops her acting and stares at the challenge on the screen, realising she's just made a perfect story.
An open packet of Oreos lay forgotten next to the computer as she types, fingers skittering sensually across the reactive letters as the climax has been reached.