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Japanese Bondage Erotica
by Stephen Gibson

January 1, 2018 Contributed By: Stephen Gibson

The need to be restrained is a given—

by rope, by ball-gag riding bit, by chain:

the art of knot tying is not for everyone,

but the need to be restrained? A given.

Everyone understands love brings pain—

this is its visible, exaggerated expression.

The need to be restrained is a given—

by rope, by ball-gag riding bit, by chain.

 

 

 

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