cobra venom

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little gossamer teeth.
he spits clear acid
and it burns my face,
sinks into my eyes.

and suddenly i'm blind, blind, blind,
so when he leans in to kiss me
i can't see the black forked tongue
that slides down my throat
and cuts my insides up

his beady black eyes
are flecked with gold
and i think i see
puddles of sunshine
in them
when it's really just my own soul
slipping from my body
and being sucked into his pupils

he blinks once, twice, three times,
and a clear liquid coats his eyes,
encasing my shimmering soul in them
permanently

i drop to the ground

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