
GrimmlingsEdenGrimmlings5 years ago in Mini Chapbook Contest
I am the serpent, and she
Is my Eve
Her skin more pale
Than life-in-death,
Hair black, fuliginous
As Newcastle coal
Lips redder than a rose, or
So they say, and
She bleeds alabaster and
Exhales empty, for she
Is reality only
In a mirror
* * *
Glass
I am transparent, a
Porcelain doll they
Hope to shatter,
So clear that you can see
My heart, my
Ribs, and break them
Should you wish, for
How can glass
Escape itself, caged
Within its own fragility,
Running one-shoed
Upon a sole
So clear that
Water is put to shame
Beside its purity
* * *
Crimson Ivory
I am the red sister,
The coiled spring,
So beautiful and st
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