Love Poem: Exotic Heat By Degrees
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Written by: Allan Koven

Exotic Heat By Degrees

HEAT BY DEGREES  (a semi erotic poem)

Feathered shivering fingertips   
give way to erotic heat by degrees,
the hot-cool beat of lovers in cadence.

If, when on this journey of perplexing events
one learns about love's secret itinerary, 
it would be wise to remember,
passion invites, the possession of which 
varies in heat by degrees. 
and with most individuals save a few, 
like a drug, it subdues withdrawal pains 
for just a short time.

When the caresses have begun to mellow, 
trysts, in heat by degrees, again start to ascend
stealthfully lurking, to buoyant rising from 
places deep in the corrugated shadows 
of man's frenetic mind.

Infused, and fired with singular intention,
heat by degrees unabashedly exposes 
greater levels of agitation and rushes forth
unrestrained by any rational reasoning.

Ah, but when basted by the tested 
and proven love of blended familiar flavors,
the savoring of remembered exotic delights, 
becomes richer and more pleasing and 
the heat by degrees flames evenly
and ever so slightly down, waiting for love 
to be served at just the right temperature.

C.A.K. 2-10-2013