Headsman

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After he told me he loved me
I was left at the altar.

He stared as I bled
onto the pure cloth,

sacrifice to his own manger,
then wiped his tears

and walked down the aisle
as if compelled to forget.

Last thing I remember, the warmth
seeping out of my body

and into those four walls
I was never too welcome in.

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