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aran
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since 2003-05-18
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0 posted 2003-05-18 12:49 PM


The Cardiac Kid

A man of pale complexion approaches
veiled in black; the cardiac kid makes his way north
he isn't worth the dirt he walks on yet his heart beats.

No power drives his heart to be
he is driven to lose to make his victories amazing;
he pulls the wool over her eyes and drags her in
alluring her with a scandalous touch
undressing her mind with his.

A touch is not enough:
the necklace cuts her throat
and down she goes,
tripping through ecstasy into something dormant:
into some hidden primal other sense.

Innocence fades as erotomania sets in
and for a glorious instant, the world is true:
the rubbish is absorbed into the wool over her eyes
and with that the disguise is compromised;
she fades, falls back as her life turns to black.

There can be no more turning away.

Hours later the sun dawns on the city
lust has vanished into the cold stone.

"Jack the Ripper Strikes Again"
read the headline of the London Times.

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