A\u00a0liminal space where pain courts fear, and pleasure\u00a0flirts with madness.
\nI am nothing.
\nI am yours.<\/p>\n
Whittled down to a single need,\u00a0I\u00a0feel what you want me to feel.
\nI am lost.
\nI am found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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