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Well there you are I have slithered into the wrong home tonight it seems I sniffed out the repugnant ward and I don’t like what I see You were magnificent in the face of all beholding you But your conceit is a trap that even I, the snake, have fallen into You mask yourself with humility You compliment me to gain Begging for the summer rain Begging for the words that would settle your brain You got it But instead it rained on me Showering me with dangling promises As typical as can be Empty These words so execrably wasted on you As if for a moment I could even dare CRAVE a poem for you I do not hate you I cannot love you At times I do not know what to feel Why do you do this? Put on a show and hope someone will notice? Do you want a nice pat on the back? I am armless; I am all but muscle and scales I am a dead carcass and yet you continue to compliment The beauty of my revulsion I hold it to my heart This trap you set I helped you set it right from the start And you have forced upon me the mere THOUGHT of you Taking away from my bitter lines What empty necessity I have turned out to be Some kind of trophy coiled around your feet Walking all over me I’ve hissed and I’ve hurled insult And the rain pitter-pattered my distain You rested knowing I would remain You needed reassurance You always needed GAIN Well I’ll tell you This serpent is drained And oh how I hiss I will not change into that typical mistress That settles your conscience with a kiss You will not have me I will never kiss those lips For you are as fake as can be And not even a snake like me Will help you in the deceiving As everyone watches your show The only one truly believing Is YOU Don’t hesitate out the door I’ll swallow you whole
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