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Poetry

A series of poems for those who find themselves lost in between summer's longing embrace and autumn's frost-kissed beckoning.

Poison

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by HannahMLynn

by HannahMLynn

So many things can kill the cat:

Grapes,

Mistletoe,

Lilies,

Curiosity—

These things so essential to our humanity.

I think our cats

(Since blessed with nine lives)

Must know that

Wine,

Kisses,

Devotion,

Mystery—

Must be taken as small pleasures

Lest they, in all their sweetness,

Poison us in kind.