Toffana

To men I fold like a flame to gravity

rejecting them is more enticing than their tongue

but you walked past me with the audacity

to look the other way a little too long

 

So at night I used your name in a song

I composed with my hand between my thighs

I’ll whisper it to you if you’re willing to drown

gasp in your sleep cause in your dreams I disguise

 

I made you a drink while staring into your eyes

its liquid smelled like the scent of mine you adore

and its taste gave you pleasure until you paralysed

feeling like you couldn’t live without me anymore

 

Your head spinned and you fell on the floor

I laid next to your tender face with a secret to admit:

I wanted you helpless with only me to implore  

everyone who ever loved me I poisoned into it

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You got sicker as you listened to the melody I wrote

stuck in bed the thought of death made you mean

you were so pale but my saliva was the antidote

reviving your cheeks because I kissed your skin

 

You got strong again and high on oxytocin

you asked me for my hand caressing my feeling

but I’ve never intended to wait for you until marriage 

on the flesh of my beloved my teeth finally indulged