A Hint of Poison

Your enticement was impeccable The charm you brought the table was irresistible Who wouldn't accept such an intimate offer? But a hint of poison was laced in your skin Incognito at first sight Yet I fell too intensely at your gaze for it to register It was too late by the time the poison became visible You became a part of me I couldn't shake off Your lust will be the death of me

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