Paul Kavanagh
KISS

She called me into the front room and told me to sit down in the comfy chair and then she leaned over and kissed me and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she kissed me again and then she straightened up, took a step back, rubbed her sore lips, and then she said: “Now your story has more kisses than all the kisses in the books by Jane Austen.”

Paul Kavanagh is the author of a novel, Iceberg (Honest Publishing, 2012). He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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