Since the vote is successful so far, I decided to post this poem as a test run. I'll put the story at the bottom.
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and then that word grew louder
It started with a mutual hatred
and ended in desire
that only her cobweb lashes
and his jaded embrace
could curb.
It started with a pact, a business
arrangement where both would
gain and no organs
would need stitching.
It ended with her levitating
above his bed, her spirit
watching herself
sleep folded between
the Gyspy sheets and his
weathered limbs.
It started with a sneer and
a confident grin, a lie
mixed with the truth
foreshadowing the beginning...
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