I'd hate to see you dwindle

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my darling skeleton
why, you've grown so thin!
did the demons sew your pretty lips?
cut the skin around your dainty hips?

my darling skeleton
oh, what a mess you're in!
skin pulled taut over your bones
a smile hides your stomach's groans

my darling skeleton
ghouls and ghosts your only kin
a fragile china doll left on a shelf
collecting dust, a shell of your former self

my darling broken boy
the demons stole all of your joy
a pile of bones shivering on the floor
the skeleton desperate to lose more

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