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Bloom

in rivers of right they spawn

eggs already torn and bent

that grow deprived of dawn

to salve and heal their rent

 

and battered by a rusty flail

to a state not unlike trance

a polka spinning them pale

to a hapless agony of dance

 

chalking symbols onto slate

a scratch makes evil mute,

silent observances of hate

doomed flora lacking root

 

sometimes they...

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Homeopathy

no hairy lip has she or wrinkle

a far cry from ancient crones

her skin as smooth as marble

sweet melodies in her moans

 

black cats are always a clue

in the house hers does roam

its carbon eyes following me

at its muzzle flecks of foam

 

waking last night in terror

to the Devil she's chanting

buck naked and sweating

my blood she's decanting

 

her eyes h...

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