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Falling in Love with the Sword Swallower
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62 Falling in Love with the Sword Swallower you watch as his body sinewy as wire coaxes laughter from the floor of his belly wrapping itself around the crowd until the very thought of the blade stroking his throat drives every woman to distraction—each watching the sword slide out of sight each wanting to touch the tip of his tongue—each imagining the heat of the sword beckoning from his neck as the blade disappears— how you wanted to move closer to taste the sweat the smooth steel as it vanished from sight (every woman secretly loves a bad boy) how you wanted to trace the descent with a finger trailing the rise of his Adam’s apple—the skin a tight space where the body hums as it kisses the blade—the delicious after taste still caught on your tongue his lecherous laughter caressing you ...