MaliceThe night cradles her to sleep
but his poems that speak only
au revoir invade her dreams;
wrap around her heart
like eloquent tentacles-
mangling and twisting these
sinews until the fabrics rip
to reveal the festering wound
beneath-
making her
more human than she
already is.
And she jolts awake
grinning at her schemes to come.
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