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Possession
Around my neck her soft arms twine,
My kisses fleck her bosom's snow,
Her breath intoxicates like wine,
And sends the blood's imperious flow
Mantling across my eyes; I know
At last that she is wholly mine.
And I am hers. Each pulse of me
Beats red rebellion, and each vein
Swells with an overwhelming sea
Of sad, glad, pleasurable pain
Pervading every sense, my brain
Throbs with a mad intensity.
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