Graveyard Coffeehouse

Blood In The Snow

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Her parted lips
Flashed daggers
Serpentine
Tongue
Moistening
Her sweet
Dirty little mouth
Hissing
Platitudes
Amenities
Sugary confections
I love you
Forgive me
Word salad long since
Gone stale
Her voluptuous curves
Full breasts
No longer
Enchantments
Of yesterday
Eyes
Dull
Black
Filled with deceit
Imprisoning crimes
Of
Passion
Lust
Discovered
Secrets
Piled like corpses
Her hair
Scattered
Like a raven's nest
Of lies
Writhing
In the wind
Clothes
Recklessly
Thrown together
Wrinkled rags
On a mocking
Scare crow
Shrieking
Remember me
Meaningless phrases
Strung together
Like snares
Sent to me
By electronic courier
Haunting
From last night
Meet me
Our last chance
For love
Thrown at my feet
Cast about
Like snowflakes
In the cold
Biting wind
Morning
Settling on black
Dreams of ecstasy
Nightmares
That live on
Long after death
Asphalt
Melting
Icy crystals
Into solitary puddles
Dying with a scream
The final gasp
Of a beautiful lie
Fantasy
Illusion
That has long since
Faded
Blackened
Like street slush
Piled at the curb
Memories of betrayals
Sleepless nights
Making love
In the darkness
Still fresh on my mind
Storms
Playing on my emotions
Feelings
Compassion
I am coming
She said
But
Did not show
I replied
I would not meet her
And did not go
Our words like
Ghost whispers
Passing
Like a shadow
Unacknowledged
Games
Insanity
Revenge
Dishes
Served cold
Call it
What you will
Dancing with the devil
Never ends
With the smile
You expected
A proverbial
Happy ending
Cuts both ways
You get
The emptiness
With which you started
Hollow promises
Heated arguments
Over
Nothing
Lame excuses
To fire the flames
Feed the conflagration
One more time
Tasting
A last
Bitter knife thrust
At thin air
Cutting deep
Walking away
Forever
Passionate kisses
Wasted
Tears
Cried in vain
Blood in the snow
That
Needs
To be shed
Exorcising the demon
Before
You can breathe
Again.