this nest reeks of disease
soaked with mites and fleas
this nest is a room you’ll never leave
beak dripping with bile
scavenge scraps of denial
refuse to settle in
sloughing feathers and skin
cryptic slaughterer
I know you fear me
cryptic slaughterer
I know you hear me
I’ll watch you decay
this is your debt, now repay
I’ll rip fragile skin, you’ll always be my prey
tumors ulcerate
languish and stagnate
sludge seeps from your pores
I’ll smile and wait
bending bones that splinter as you tremble
everything you dread
clasps its fingers ‘round your throat
spectre of greed
with a kiss so tender
self worshiper
stop praying
your avarice
earns you no pity
desecrate your vows
squander innocence
I would watch you burn
but that takes too much time

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