Rotten Apple #1
Rotten apple, Rotted teeth
Sharps of glass, it's on me
Glistened eyes, foaming mouth
Hot flame, bat wool.
Cleanse the cloth-
Pour the oil, orange and soiled.
Pop the bubble, brush the skin.
Wash the tidal pool of foamy red.
Sharps of glass it's only mine.
Time to taste the endless time.
One must unlock the hungry wolf
and take it to it's meat daily.
The wolf is never satisfied in it's brief slumber;
O, it rises and growls,
Consummating with itself in a holy ritual
Of blood and gnashing sharp teeth
Leaving holes on the body and
Pock marks on the soul.
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