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#21

tantalize

syzygy

Aug 25, 2024

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dissolve into poison on my tongue,

you taste faintly of bitter almonds

and sweet, sweet cinnamon

stuck to the roof of my mouth.

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arsenic eyes, rat poison hair

your lips are purple

like nightshade but your kisses

bring to mind the color of hemlock

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Table of Contents

#1 artificial human

#2 wishing upon a person [is wishing upon a star]

#3 thinking is a disease (that can't be cured)

#4 adrenaline veins, bloodstains

#5 freud, fraud, what's the difference? you're fake, but you're also my doctor

#6 ocean blue, honey gold

#8 fall of a queen

#10 you and me, me and you

#11 pretty as a poppet

#12 rainslick roads and no-nonsense voices

#13 #haikumonth2024 (first 10)

#14 untitled one

#15 untitled two

#16 chicken or the egg

#17 untitled three

#18 choking on my own self worth (or the lack of it)

#19 mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?

#20 love is a one sided word