K A L O P S I A

TWENTY - ONE

In the few weeks that followed
she attempted to distance herself from him

By acting timid
like she was sick
when he wanted to have sex with her
or show her his recent kill

Bit by bit
she slowly, but surely drew away from him

That was until
the devil's son
the god with a voice of rise the dead from their graves
and hands to put them there
realised her absence

And he was angry