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Serpentine

I'm a monster | an abberation.

A sightless loon | a desecration.

What do you want from me?

 

I live in a fantasy concentration.

A constant mental demonstration.

What do you want with me?

 

I'm sick.

I fail.

I quit.

I whine.

I want nothing but to make things mine.

 

I avoid.

I covet.

I'm paranoid.

I pine.

I want nothing but to make you mine.

 

I own your every move.

Control your mind and lease your soul.

You're amusement | there's no other way.

I swallow life | there's no other way.

"Can you honestly love a dishonest thing?"

Lie to me.

Lie with me.

Lie right through your teeth.

Tell me of the joy.

The light.

The sweetness.

Underneath.

 

Here I am

Tell me I'm lying | and hide

Your pain beneath your skin.

Tell me that you're pleased | grin

 

Let everyone else go.

No one.

Can know you like I know you.

No one.

Cares | cares to care | can care.

I see you laid bare.

Open | for me.

 

I know you | you are serpentine

Lie to me.

Lie to me.

Afford me a second look.

You are serpentine | simian.

A match | a head | a book.

Beautiful and useless | brazen and prey.

A word and a mind is all it took.

 

You are serpentine.

Coiled into knots.

Breathing like a drum | coming undone

Turning poison [cannots]

Into years of history-

 

Realms | orbs.

Spheres of stunning beauty.

"Digest a world of interest."

I eat your eyes.

You are serpentine.

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May 26, 2010
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