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Hades Siren

Belladonnic poison seeps from your eyes, like an electric serum of Venusian alchemy, one that paralyzes my sense of pride. My mind oscillating, alternating, your gaze, annihilating. An infusion, Uranium radiating me into half life, as I look up small to thee. How can you be my painkiller, stretching rack, healer, and a killer clown surgeon with a knack for stealing autonomy? Your touch burns with the fires of Purgatory, a solar cycle casting elemental ghouls, in a rogues gallery of impish valkyrie. Propheting in New Moon phases of alignment's interferon mightocon cell mining, beaming morse code anecdotally- You dress me in the dark's fairie mood ring-collar- manacle- you cause me to wear in my captivity. Endangered in the midst of your wilds, from your strange type of phi that echoes from the voids- enchantress- third eye. I flop like a fresh caught fish in your net of silk, patterned telepathy. You are a siren, a villain- bewitching the stormy seas- to shipwreck adventurous souls and harbor them on your oasiatic Isle, Circe? So why do I feel saved, even in your captivity. Turn me into a fattened pig, then, do as you will, but be the truffle of my descent as I forage for delicacy.

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Date: 2/4/2024 5:00:00 PM
Enchanting! Thank You for Sharing
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Jude Herrick
Date: 2/24/2024 8:19:00 AM
Thank you, Carlene.
Date: 1/23/2024 9:51:00 AM
You have remarkable way with words, but I have already told you that.. Do you do spoken word? You poem delves into the complexity of the relationship, portraying the subject as a multifaceted figure who is both a painkiller and a "killer clown surgeon." The juxtaposition of healing and harm adds to the ambiguity and tension within the verses.
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Jude Herrick
Date: 1/23/2024 2:29:00 PM
Thank you Silent One. I have not yet recited any audio, (or even pictures for that matter), for my poems. The thought of it is a new vista. I enjoy the art that accompanies a picture and the opposite of writing a poem based solely on interpretation of a piece. Sound, (inflections, emphasis etc.) being a whole new element.
Date: 1/23/2024 8:13:00 AM
“ Turn me into a fattened pig, then, do as you will, but be the truffle of my descent as I forage for delicacy.” That made me smile! I must say this is a brilliant poem. And i love always a poem that has a touch of mythology and youve done that in the most eloquent manner with brilliant metaphors and imagery and diction! And the way you’ve questioned throughout is so soul stirring! This definitely is a fave for me!
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Jude Herrick
Date: 1/23/2024 2:19:00 PM
Thank you, Ink Empress. Certainly a descent of protest and surrender, under bewitchment. ~'spirals down'...laces out
Date: 1/23/2024 4:08:00 AM
Wow, dear Jude, this is such an evocative write with a wonderful touch of mythology too, making it flow almost so whimsically and mystically.There's a sense of conflicting emotions in this one, where the beloved is described as pain and healing simultaneously..Your use of oxymorons is absolutely stunning here especially "Belladonnic poison" Ahh, amazing and also"You are a siren,a villain-bewitching","So why do I feel saved, even in your captivity" Love has many complex sides..beautifully written
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Jude Herrick
Date: 1/23/2024 2:10:00 PM
Thank you, Hiya. Yes, relationships and love infused, the endless unravel of our mystery, indeed-a multi-faceted gem of stone or light.

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