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The Little Merman (Free verse) by avery
While appraising me, she's mumbling
Her incoherent profanities stabbing
My heart spasms; I'm bleeding
A tiny push of her pinky sends me hurling
Forward; into the abyss
I shun her; out of cowardice
She spins around; never knowing
The scent of her; killed me that morning
Harsh words rasped; spit forming
Dance moves crashed; I'm unwilling
Devil with a smile took me on
And with that I knew I was too far gone
Stealing a glance at her picture
Wishing that I had kissed her
Her touch I cannot feel
The anathema like a seal
I reach towards the reality of solipsism
As an escape; or maybe some sort of optimism
But her eyes tell me I cannot deny
My heart beats for the last time as I die
Noting the absence of a dirge as I fade,
Like the lonely passing of the little mermaid
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