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Willpower Fuels

Companion, follow-on Nonet to "calloused willpower, truncated heart" for Breakup Nonet Challenge

By Paul StewartPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read
Willpower Fuels
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Real, fleshy, sweaty arousal

remains, the fakery vanishes

disarming the addiction

Standing with my head high

crushing that demon

repeatedly

willpower

fuels my

win

*

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Author's Notes: This is a companion, follow-on nonet to calloused willpower, truncated heart, linked below. Hannah Moore suggested in the comments I do another one after that one that showed the follow-through of getting back up. I actually had three different options, very similar, but after some deliberation and insight from Ruth Stewart, this was the best one of the three.

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    Written by Paul Stewart