Mandibles danced in the moonlight
the sweet taste of cherries and fermented glut
paired heavenly with roasted tenderloins
we were fed to be plump and satiated
so what then left our stomachs vacant?
The wanting, we thought
was such a devilish deed
our mood ought to be every shade of joy
instead, we abandoned all reason
caving in on our empty hearts
and when the tall doors opened
melody steamed from our mouths
We felt our madness poison the air
and set the house ablaze
that wretched sorrow melted our flesh into our bones
we smelt of such despair
even our skeletons couldn’t bear the weight
and crumbled into dust
We drifted away in the midnight winds
blended our souls with the starving sand
where we could listen
and we listened to understand
oh, how treacherous we had been
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