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Ambivalent on His Lap
I'm sitting on his lap.
His arms wrap around me.
Warm blankets to fend off the cold.
Strong, muscular arms guide me into his embrace like a lighthouse does a freight ship to its docks.
I dock myself firmly against his pecs; he is my lighthouse, I think to myself.
His hands glide down my body.
Amazonian vines entangling me and evincing memories of someplace safe: someplace like the womb.
The world is so warm and silent in his arms.
I close my eyes and loosen my shoulders;
a plea for him to continue.
His hands slide down to my waist.
I feel ambivalent like this on his lap.
His stubble grazes the top of my scalp: his facial hair exfoliating my soul.
His hands slide gently down my sides.
His arms navigating the nooks and crannies of my midsection;
he is Magellan, circumnavigating my waist, and I am the seven seas he yearns to explore.
He shifts his hands toward my groin.
I feel ambivalent like this on his lap.
I know this is wrong, but I feel powerless in his embrace.
His hands encroaching on my most delicate parts like a shadow cast down from a skyscraper, blotting out the denizens below.
His hand, inches away from my pubic bone—I pull back.
I can see the shock on his face from the corner of my eye melt into a wry smile.
"Still shy as always," he mocks.
"I'm sorry," I reply gingerly.
I turn to face him now, still in his embrace, and say to him, "Dad, this is kind of weird and my friends are coming over soon."
His arms wrap around me.
Warm blankets to fend off the cold.
Strong, muscular arms guide me into his embrace like a lighthouse does a freight ship to its docks.
I dock myself firmly against his pecs; he is my lighthouse, I think to myself.
His hands glide down my body.
Amazonian vines entangling me and evincing memories of someplace safe: someplace like the womb.
The world is so warm and silent in his arms.
I close my eyes and loosen my shoulders;
a plea for him to continue.
His hands slide down to my waist.
I feel ambivalent like this on his lap.
His stubble grazes the top of my scalp: his facial hair exfoliating my soul.
His hands slide gently down my sides.
His arms navigating the nooks and crannies of my midsection;
he is Magellan, circumnavigating my waist, and I am the seven seas he yearns to explore.
He shifts his hands toward my groin.
I feel ambivalent like this on his lap.
I know this is wrong, but I feel powerless in his embrace.
His hands encroaching on my most delicate parts like a shadow cast down from a skyscraper, blotting out the denizens below.
His hand, inches away from my pubic bone—I pull back.
I can see the shock on his face from the corner of my eye melt into a wry smile.
"Still shy as always," he mocks.
"I'm sorry," I reply gingerly.
I turn to face him now, still in his embrace, and say to him, "Dad, this is kind of weird and my friends are coming over soon."
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