A blackened pearl
Reclines on a self made throne
The winding web of a fool

Like the sweetest fruit gone bad
Appealing exterior rotten core
With a swarming court of gnats

I dig my fingers into your thick flesh

Looking for a tasty slice of something
Some redeeming quality

Stripping away the layers
Insecurities insincerities and lies
I'm left with an orange putty lumpy mess
That sticks to and runs through my hands
Rotten fleshy drip drip dripping

Disgusted
I find nothing
You are nothing.

I am inclined to hurl you across the room
And watch your insides splatter
Slither and drip to the floor
Where the remnants of your puckered
Puking peeling outsides lie
Like so many discarded orange rinds


~empressrouge 3/01
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