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Saccharine


A cake set before me

Dripping in syrupy sweetness

But shhhhh...

It’s poison.

Just like your words,

Sugarcoated poison

The heart

Tied up in a ribbon

So carefully wrapped

But choked and stifled

I can’t breathe

 
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