I carved my heart into a spoon To feed you my love, my love. My broken bones fashioned into Rough and rugged forks, So you could swallow my soul Served on my ivory-white skull, Made hollow to carry your pain. I let my tongue under your teeth, My marrow in your drool, And yet, you have the galls to say, While flossing your ungrateful teeth With my dried out, dissonant heartstrings: “Needed a bit more salt, no?” Then you gobbled it all up With your gluttonous grin And your lustful smile After I seasoned my being With trails of tears, You uttered softly: At last, perfection!

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