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Bête Black (Free verse) by Enkidu
Mary-Ann draws pentagrams
She mumbles in her REM
Yesterday she dug my head
Poured the dregs upon my bed
Sure she whispers sweet untruth
Reads her Faulkner on the roof
Sure she can't arouse a smile
Prefers to bathe in sodden soil
Bantam girl of twenty-eight
Smokes her Marlboros by the lake
Whimsy passes from her lips
Vignettes adorn her winsome hips
Imposter harlot reeks of home
Births a child of salt and stone
War with night's bedarkened star
Leaves the heavens shorn apart
Mary-Ann draws pentagrams
She mumbles in her REM
Yesterday she dug my head
Poured the dregs upon my bed
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