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Shamus O'Hara and the Powder Blue Knickers

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&lt;p&gt;<br />
Snap, her innocence pops as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
soft as pink bubblegum, there&amp;#39;s&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
no going back. The elasticity of emotion,&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
tight and then slack.&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
His grunting and groaning appals , excites&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
and scares her in equal measure. Shamus&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
steers his hardened body across&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
her youthful, &amp;nbsp;hourglass figure.&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
Shamus O&amp;#39;Hara, a gypsy carefree.&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
His morals as loose as her powder blue&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
knickers.&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
But it&amp;#39;s easy with black licquorice curls,&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
serpent green eyes and masculine horn,&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
to seduce the English rose with her charmed&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
innocence and racist thorns.&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
With the luck of the Iorish Shamus&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
takes pride in invading English territory.&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
Her virginity disappears in the dark&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
as she sighs, then moans estatically.&lt;/p&gt;<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;<br />
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&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</p>

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