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Tag: Fay Wray

Poems

Asking for It

January 16, 2012 ROMPoetry

On the blind channel, Jane Russell’s wrists strain the leather straps,
Her bosoms in her filmic Howard-Hughes-created bra,
Contorted like wadded socks in the wash.
The narrator says, “She turns from Billy in disgust.” Continue reading “Asking for It” →

Tagged Eros, Fay Wray, Jane Russell, King Kong, life, love, poems, poetry, Psyche, sex, The Outlaw, writing1 Comment

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