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Medusa and Herr Lover
She had a serpents tongue ringlets of venom lingered off her lips One could have turned to stone if they gazed too long But for me I would have looked into the eyes of Hades battle mountains themselves just for a glimpse of those smooth emeralds I had come to…
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wretched sweetheart
You are a danger to me you welcome me with warning shots Blood curdling screams echo inside of plastered walls with broken palates on concave canvases You are a threat to me with your pin shaped eyes and blighted tongue I would smite that tongue
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interface
I’m picking sticking on pine needles laying on evergreen leaves while the sun the sun sings to me he trifles with me makes it so I won’t ever leave he brings vitality breathes constant particles of life into me and I’m growing flowing becoming rays
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playing with fire
If I look at the sun too long will he blind me? patronize me? Or will he blush? I reckon that those rays would burn me alive make me feel alive
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breaking point
it only rains when I’m feeling blue that sky swallows me up whole and spits me out along with those drops
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burnt offerings
You told me you were leaving I watched you pace that empty house It was more of a vessel A receptacle It held nothing but twisted limbs and foreboding bodies I had lost myself in that house I have no idea who I am But you two …
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Two Lips & tulips
I would leave you with budding kisses springing up on your chest I’d pluck each and every one Leave you breathless I would take my time darling peel back each petal until you unravel
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seedless buds
I have been so empty nothing but a vessel a kettle for the pot Did I ever have you? A pot calling the kettle, he called me- frosted receptacles I am nothing but dust I never had you
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Deceitful Delight
Do you know what it feels like to not be missed I couldn’t even begin to trace the outlines of my sorrows Those haphazard days They were menacing my loneliness kept me in a freight It shook me up made glee out of my grief I miss that delight
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Love in Different Times
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” -William Shakespeare Is there a chance that we will ever cross paths Will I ever get to love you
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from you, To Autumn
It is autumn now The last time we spoke was when the summer breeze was still kissing the trees Now they are dying their brittle dances wherever you are It is just lively here Those twigs have grown producing lilac and crimson petals that eat the ground up You would…
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Tangled Matter
That vault was endless An estuary of ravaged dust trickled matter Painted properties that lined my sky I want that shine