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Inzuppare il biscotto

Joe Dolce

Jul 01 2010

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(Italian: “to soak the biscuit”, i.e. to have sex)

Who could resist

that Butternut Snap lap

crumbly like an

Anzac in the sack

Scotch Finger steady

on the Tiny Teddy

Swallow’s Bush Biscuit

Milk Arrowroot and

Adora Cream lips breathlessly

mumblin’ the

Honey Jumble?

  

Joe Dolce

Joe Dolce

Contributing Editor, Film

Joe Dolce

Contributing Editor, Film

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