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contest Lilith sponsor Silent One

The evil nocturnal creature called Lilith silently slithers into the realm of man at night seeking the sycophantic pleasure of pain as she drinks from a wormwood draught of hate-filled spew that pulsates into her veins to fill a vacuous space where a heart should be her maniacal demented darkness of psychotic black colors the embroidery of her flesh of sensual illusion where her web is woven to invite the innocent heart into her demonic lair of witchcraft and cauldrons of poisonous death to be devoured and then spit out into a slimy glutinous hellish world of abomination where Lilith lays naked, covered in blood-soaked skin of revulsion laced with bitterness from her cup of loathing from her sense of not being equal when the one who gave life to dust gave her breath and she felt indignant when finding she would lay beneath the first man giving birth to her hate

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Date: 6/14/2024 8:31:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Frederic. I enjoyed your dark morose read!!
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Date: 6/13/2024 9:29:00 AM
"to be devoured and then spit out into a slimy glutinous hellish world of abomination" - Beautifully written. Congratulations!
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Date: 6/12/2024 1:56:00 PM
Congrats on the top win! Such a wonderful combination of vivid images!! Well done!
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Date: 6/12/2024 12:42:00 PM
Congratulations on your first place in the contest. I liked how your poem effectively combines dark, vivid imagery with mythological themes to create a powerful and haunting portrayal of Lilith. The intricate descriptions and symbolic references paint a picture of a complex character driven by deep-seated bitterness and a desire for retribution. Each stanza builds on the last, deepening the reader's understanding of Lilith's motivations and the darkness that consumes her.
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