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"Play date"

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

Searching for a lap

That plays nest to my restless insecurities

A partner to nap

A bed with no strings

A stranger to play part in my most closest dreams,

A seamstress

That can sew up the torn fabrics of my own doubt

A body

Willing to press onto mine

For clout

Pictures of perfection

Pictures for profession

Listens to confessions

Of how I too

Can feel alone

With a lover

 
 
 

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