Skeleton Kiss (Bones 3)
rattled sudden dryness
parched of moisture
passion drained
i have kissed the skeleton teeth
felt enamel tear my lips
until the blood ran on the chin
streaks of crimson on the pallor
bleached landscape of a grinning skull
grinning a chattering grin
is this what happens when
death's impish kiss sets seal upon
a failing love
the flaws and cracks siphon my blood
'till meat deserts my carcass
leaving an empty structure
drained to dessication
screaming with silent breath
of black and viscous nihilism
no one hears or wonders
nor will ever show it
with smile fixated
and dead as dead crusaders' bones
dead but never know it
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