{"id":93,"date":"2021-11-10T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannonbarber.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2021-11-10T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:54:33","slug":"writing-exercise-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannonbarber.com\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Writing Exercise #7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspired by a comment by beloved Christopher Ropes on fb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone watches One. One is flash and startling beauty,&nbsp;One&nbsp;is unearthly, clearly one of&nbsp;Gods&nbsp;chosen. One is a tropical bird, a dart frog, the creature that looks predators in the eye and shakes their ass and says, why don\u2019t you try me? One is wild, feral and so good at their job.&nbsp;Most misunderstand the flamboyant beauty of One, they feel lusty heat, avaricious desire, they want One, they want to&nbsp;possess&nbsp;One,&nbsp;One&nbsp;is the aspirational violent dream made flesh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two no one watches. Two is,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;is nice. Two looks friendly,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;is a nice word on a slightly inconvenient day,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;is steady and solid. Two speaks gently,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;is the gentle \u201chi guys\u201d no one hears when One is on display. Two is normativity and comfort. Two is the one you hold hands with at the Famer\u2019s Market on Sunday,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;is the craving for solace and light in winter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, they are completion. One does their job, shining bright- a&nbsp;whirlygig&nbsp;to bring them running. One flirts,&nbsp;One&nbsp;oozes and glitters, stirs desires until it is time. One leaves them wanting, leaving on a gust of heat that strokes the skins of the most desirous, the most covetous. They want One, they follow One even as they hear the little, \u201chi guys\u201d.&nbsp;One shines,&nbsp;One&nbsp;shouts,&nbsp;One&nbsp;is the hot wet&nbsp;ichorous&nbsp;concupiscence no one can forget. One is the poison flower, to hold prey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two sees,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;can taste the moment. Their voice, so usual, cute but not over so, familiar, warm enough to encourage the flicker of a smile that fades as the prey beholds One. Two, knows when One has them, and while they are enchanted Two gets to work.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHi guys.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When they hear Two, it is already over. One has left them ripe, fecund and ready. In their locus of&nbsp;desire&nbsp;they find comfort in Two. Until they look into&nbsp;those eyes, the friendliness drains and takes all hope at heat and life with it. Two is the teeth,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;is the danger,&nbsp;Two&nbsp;is jovial death come to feast. And all at the last, every one of them would dream of One while the last thing their&nbsp;wretched&nbsp;minds know is that familiar little voice, \u201chi guys.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by a comment by beloved Christopher Ropes on fb. Everyone watches One. One is flash and startling beauty,&nbsp;One&nbsp;is unearthly, clearly one of&nbsp;Gods&nbsp;chosen. 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