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Insatiable 
by R.A. Clarke 

You’ll require a gift. 

Step lightly and swift 

into the web of wishes.

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Make yourself seen.

Entice the dark Queen.

Survive in the web of wishes.

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Soft curves of black flesh,

webbed with dark mesh,

Arise in the web of wishes.

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Soon two and then five.

Shrieking, they thrive.

Horde from the web of wishes.

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To gain what you want

we’ll caress all you flaunt.

Give back to the web of wishes.

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How much you can please

spells how bloody you’ll be.

Gluttonous web of wishes.

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Should our thread glow red

we won’t take your head.

Carnivorous web of wishes.

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We taste with raw need.

You moan as we feed,

enthralled by our web of wishes.

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With climactic fire

you shake with desire,

spill seed for the web of wishes.

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But we haven’t turned red.

Your eyes fill with dread.

“Be merciful web of wishes!”

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Our forms multiply.

Clouds shadow the sky.

No leaving this web of wishes.

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You gave it your best,

but, you failed the test,

no match for a web of wishes.

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Kiss breathing goodbye

with pleasures last sigh.

Devoured by the web of wishes.

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Fiction © Copyright R.A. Clarke
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com 

More from author R.A. Clarke:

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When all seems lost, a mysterious people arrive and help the racers, revealing the depth of Governus’ deception. Finn will have to keep her pulse pistols close and her new friends closer – but not too close – as they all race to survive the jungle.

You will love this mashup of Hidalgo and James Cameron’s Avatar as Finn navigates the guilt of her past, the promise of a future, and the imminent dangers of her present.

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