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50 Shades 0f Blood

1..A rusty door-nail leaks a drying crust. 2..The taint of copper pennies. 3.Salt licking the scars of the unhealed. 4..A sunset burning dry corn. 5.Eyes bruised by anger. 6.Lips cut by stinging words. 7.Money burning holes in red letter days. 8.A fledglings mouth bleeding hunger. 9.The abrasions of fiery passions. 10.The plasma of inflamed desires. 11. Poinsettia’s in a snow storm. 12. Droplets of deep regret. 13. Squashed cherries, red berries, and ladybugs. 14. Clawing finger-nails. 15. A surgeons restless dreams. 16. Iron oxide in ferrous rocks. 17. A bull, a matador, and a slashing fear. 18. The breath of a bucking bronco. 19. Poppies thriving on a battlefield.. 20. The face-paint of warriors 21. The face paint of the murdered. 22. The skull stomping feet of Kali. 23. Daily pinpricks. 24. A wet dagger in the dark. 25. Prints in a crime scene. 26. The blushed snorts of a wounded deer. 27. The prayers of a sorcerer. 28. Hands washing away guilt. 29. The chaotic splatter of magic. 30. A thought tied to revenge. 31. The spurts of feeding frenzies. 32. Gills caught in unbreathable air. 33. The dark secrets of vino veritas. 34. Rubies bathed by candle light. 35. An aroused areola and nipple. 36. The pulse of a ********. 37. Sandstone at sunset. 38. The nightshade luster of tomato skins. 39. A bad moon rising. 40. The froth and suds of a punctured lung. 41. The tears of a Sufi poem. 42. Menstrual flow in the time of the moon. 43. The eyes of a night hunting cats. 44. A mime artists poking a tongue. 45. The lining of a dictators coffin. 46. The simmering heat of fevers. 47. Reflections in a sleepless eye. 48. The body heat of love. 49. Birth and the open womb. 50. The end and beginning of all that live.

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