Belladonna

Oh, belladonna, deadly bloom,
Potent in your smile,
Bold, the dew-drops in your eyes,
Bewitching in their guile

Blazing with a brazen nerve, 
Your irises aspire
To burn the embers of your fire
In flames of our desire –

Deal your deadly night of shade
Let it, with stealth, conceal
Your flower fruited to appeal
– A thief set out to steal 

Dispense your tonic potion, 
In lethal doses drip
Your biting kiss upon our lips
– A bite we can't resist

Oh, beautiful lady, femme fatale,
Seductive in design,
Your bite of berry, toxic wine,
Is not the glory we divined

Your deadly nightshade, deadly guise,
Which takes our breath away, 
Reveals in beauty's masquerade
A belladonna that betrays

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