His mouth is on me, his hands, I can't wait and he's moving, already, …

Margaret Atwood
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His mouth is on me, his hands, I can't wait and he's moving, already, love, it's been so long, I'm alive in my skin, again, arms around him, falling and water softly everywhere, never-ending. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.261, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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His mouth is on me, his hands, I can't wait and he's moving, already, love, it's been so long, I'm alive in my skin, again, arms around him, falling and water softly everywhere, never-ending. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.261, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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