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i love you ...
to the cold marrow, i do
beastess of black
the art of you, ritualistic, raw
all your names wrap me, winged and wondrous
tempt me, tepid, dragon
i dream of the chase ... in timeless space
wispy, winding the world
biting my tongue with a bitter citrus
or dripping with rhythmic, parenthetical perfection
dance for me ...
break at the score, residue-righteous
engendered non-generically
come, venerated venom, and strike true
crimp, shine, bubble, breathe
sing my veins ...
hot, horrid whore of the haggard heart
neuron-nasty and aflame
a receptor conflagration, divinely devilish
i - Mad Molly's bastard son -
curse you with all i know
and woo you with my innocence, lost
i nail you to a cross of considerations and care
only to worship your ruin
the lion's paw to your Androcles, merciful
acid tears to wash your feet ...
blood to bind.

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P.S. Awtry

Date: 3/13/2021 5:55:00 AM

Watching loved ones in the maddening grip of addiction is utterly confusing from the outside--this piece explains it--the seduction, the love affair! Such a fool I am, forgetting that evil has no boundary, no line it won't cross, no mercy! How beautifully you've penned this haunting piece.

Jo Chamberlain

Date: 2/9/2021 8:36:00 AM

I really enjoyed your poem. It flows beautifully, rolls off the tongue. Congratulations on your winning placement.

Robert Lindley

Date: 2/9/2021 4:16:00 AM

To me this goes well beyond excellent. Exhibits malevolent darkness and the ever present evil that so deeply and horrifically infects the dark world we live in. Absolutely awe inspiring dark piece! The kind Poe would have greatly admired my friend. A fav-- a superbly crafted jewel.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/7/2021 10:56:00 AM

Your eloquence is beyone compare, Greg! The ending of this wows me.

Sigrid Ermine

Date: 2/7/2021 7:38:00 AM

Being smitten as an irrisistable sickness... I love your violent version of vibrant encounter. The combative admiration of enemy embraced. Battlefield beauty.