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A Game of Castles
A Game of Castles
I am at a loss imaging
Choking on jealousy, and envy -
So bitter to the tongue,
Caught up in all those things
You've forgotten to know.
Her cunning arms wrapped around you
So that you could drink deep,
And swallow, bile burning
At the back of your throat.
You were enjoying my distaste.
Reveling in your carnal liaison
Blind and deaf to
the clatter of hoof beats
That shattered the world.
Leaving splinters of bone and dust
On the charred wood of a funeral pyre.
Secrets are dangerous companions
Libel to trip you up, send you
Arms flailing over the abyss.
Something sweet to cover the cloying
Taste of poison
And there isn't any
turning back.
Not a one.
And your head spins
A game of Castles sitting
- Patiently -
On a table
Waiting, perhaps,
For you to notice
That your army
Has turned tail
Disintegrated, and
Turned to dust.
9-17-04
