Ouroboros

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Slit eye, slit cheongsam
Slither, silver, swallow
Slavishly engorging sterling
Serpentine in spirit

Cynthia's daily maxim:
Never be satisfied
Do not ask, just consume
An excess that devours you

Indulge in maximalism that coats your inner walls with gold and death
Hang the velvet entrails of anyone who stands in your way
On mirrors and godless altars to wealth
Wrap the finishing touch with blood-rich accents and pure-white ribbons

Pupil, sinew, muscle
Twisting, turning
Expanding and contracting
It seems you are an acquired taste

A forked tongue that concaves back to your liar's mouth
Fangs that bite the hand that feeds you
Even if the hand is your own
Rolling back to black beginning.

A forked tongue that concaves back to your liar's mouthFangs that bite the hand that feeds youEven if the hand is your ownRolling back to black beginning

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Cynthia Long is another character of mine that embodies the Dark Triad trait of narcissism. I tried to explore narcissism in a unique way, in that it isn't just thinking highly of one's self, but to be so in love that it would consume itself to extinction in its self-lust.

Oh, if my character were real and knew her poem was still a work in progress, she would spit in my face.

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