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It was never swimming

  • Writer: Mahogany Smiles
    Mahogany Smiles
  • Nov 12, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 13, 2025

A struggle paddle

Head bobbing

Emerged nose

The stream falls

Failing fostered love

Extreme faucet

Multiple women at the bottom Of his torrent

This is where it ends

The thrill fades

Feet flopping out of water

Exhausted from this cascade

 
 
 

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