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I stroked her hair.

I felt her warmth,

And I ventured

Deep inside of her.

Then with eyes aglow,

And a radiant look,

She warmed up to me

With an open smile

That revealed her sparkling

And pristine ivory.

She said in earnest;

“Come on right in, and be

Enthroned. Take your rightful space.”

Then I in response gladly

Entered her open arms to

Relish nothing else

But her warm embrace.

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Joseph C Ogbonna is a prolific and widely published poet. He has published very widely in anthologies, magazines, in blogs and in self published volumes. His poems have been used by the BBC Radio 3 for a documentary, to mark the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte on May the 5th, 2021. He lives in Enugu, Nigeria.