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Fair Maiden of Sin
by R.A. Clarke
In the stillness she waits
Eyes attuned to the dark
Watching for suitors
Fair maiden of sin
.
They hear mournful singing
See her fearful, alone
Men drop all their toil
Come wandering in
.
One braves the dark meadow
Swims across a cursed pond
Should he make it ashore
Oh, how he’ll be prized
.
Her sad song lures him in
Striking beauty astounds
He can’t look away
Enthralled, hypnotized
.
He quickly disrobes, then
pulls her silk gown away
She knows what he wants
She’s willing and meek
.
He gropes her soft skin
Feels her unholy touch
Revels in pleasure
As frenzied, he peaks
.
While they shiver and moan
She soaks every ounce in
Ecstasy is her drug
Their climax her fuel
.
In the apex she smiles
He’s done, but she’s not
In the quiet she feels
Sweet renewal
.
Her appetite whetted
She awakens the beast
Her song soon devolves
Guise splitting apart
.
Blue eyes darken to black
Skin crusts into scales
From fingers stretch claws
Teeth gnarly and sharp
.
The man flinches and pales
As she pins his arms down
Yes, now it is time for
The real fun to start
.
With merciless slashes
She rips into his flesh
Ribs crack to reveal
His still beating heart
.
He shudders, breath shallow
Hoggish lover, now prey
Her morsel awaits
She punctures a hole
.
Then suckles and drinks
With unladylike slurps
His flayed torso steaming
A luscious food bowl
.
Once the well has run dry
And his pleading has ceased
His husk has grown still
His eyes but a glaze
.
She cleans up the mess
Her guise back in place
She slips on her gown
Steps into the haze
.
They’ll hear her sad singing
See her fearful, alone
They’ll drop all their toil
Come wandering in
.
In the stillness she waits
Eyes attuned to the dark
Watching for suitors
Fair maiden of sin
.
Fiction © Copyright R.A. Clarke
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
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An excellent and dark poem.
Of mystery and evil wrapped neatly into verse!
You have such a gift for rhyming – it carries the action along as smoothly as the fair lady’s seduction. It does remind of Keats’ L Belle Dame Sans Merci – but he didn’t take the notion to its grisly end.