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portrait of a lost girl in a gilded cage

She waits for the seduction,
for his hand between her legs.
All lemon verbena
and wires buttressing her limbs.

She swallows carnations.
Beach glass.
Is plagued by the fluttering
of finches beneath her dress.

When he arrives it's a symphony,
breathless and contrived.
The dark choreography
of his fingers in her,

her thighs that ache to spread
like wings.

At dawn he'll leave her sprawled
on the massive four-poster,
all sequins and feathers,
one glassy eye.

The scar on her belly
where the cotton slips out.
Written by toniscales (Lost Girl)
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