The whip licks at my back
Like the tongue of an angry lover
Leaving her blood red kisses
In luscious lines down my spine
Exquisite excitement entangled
With excruciating agony teasing
Further aggression in your anger
At my apathy lacking anguish
From your primitive punishments
Priming me for primal pleasures
You brand me with banal taunts
Smiling slyly with satisfaction
We’re both anal in different ways
You twist up your face in disgust
As I beg breathlessly do it again
Hoping for hurt to bring me to heel
At your feet like a favorite pet
To be kicked in raging displeasure
And coming back over and over
Shaking in my shackles of suffering
Your infernal instruments write on flesh
Drawing blood ink into my inspiration
“You can’t be a proper writer
Without a touch of madness, can you?”
Your touch drives me to the perfect madness
A response to Mish’s prompt “To go ahead, make my day” at dVerse based on the quote “You can’t be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?” from the movie Quills (2000).
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Dark and emotive. Smooth alliteration, and strong choice in words that really hammer home the imagery.
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Hammering home sounds like a line I missed including. Thanks!
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Wow! You really nailed this one. Your vivid images of physical and emotional pain really set the stage for the movie line! Well done.
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I figured it was appropriate subject matter given the subject of the movie.
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:>)
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I haven’t watched the movie but I think I get what it’s about now! Skilfully done!
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Holy shamoley! This is amazing, TJS.
❤
David
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Love the desperation and urgency weaved through your dark lines. Effective!
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Thank you for your feedback!
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You chose a great line … created a great poem to express it!
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I haven’t seen Quills but maybe it’s time that I did. A lovely dance between these two. I love the title of your poem.
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It’s an interesting movie, well acted. It’s about the Marquis de Sade, which is where the origin of the term sadism came from.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade
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I just looked the movie up on imdb and see it has quite a cast. Adding it to my list to see.
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just read part of the wiki article. 32 years in an insane asylum!?!? he must have had some very dangerous thoughts that threatened powerful people.
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It was a popular option back then. They just weren’t ready for 50 Shades of Sade. (though I’m sure being on the cusp of an enlightenment revolution also didn’t help his cause among the monarchy).
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“50 Shades of Sade” lol. I think a lot of people were thrown into asylums for many different reasons connected to threatening the power structure at some level. It’s funny that a person who wrote in so many formats on so many subjects is only remembered for his kinky sexual preferences.
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There were a lot of great thinkers at that time, it was his lewd writings that differentiated him. To be fair, it was a type of freedom that most other people probably wouldn’t touch; in the same way, as much as Freud is ridiculed now, in repressive times, acknowledging people have sexual lives is rebellious.
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I feel the passion in this one, some very evocative lines and the quote fits nicely. Well written!
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The Marquis was an evocative man, I wanted to do him justice.
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💯
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This is deliciously dark and emotive! Especially like; “Your infernal instruments write on flesh/Drawing blood ink into my inspiration.”💝
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I’m glad you appreciate those lines; it was a bit of a hard stop to transition to writing to include the quote, so I’m glad it worked.
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Wow! This is beautifully written and undeniably hot! Great poem 🙂
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I don’t think I’ve ever been told a poem is hot. I appreciate the new compliment.
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As they say, as long as there is consent it’s fine by me…
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You had me from the title!
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Amazing imagery and depth.
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