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With a crown of nightshade
And violent lips like honey,
I became my own monarch.
Bittersweet smiles,
I drink feral wine,
A vortex swallowing
Violet stars.
A necklace of divinity
Carved into my throat,
I digest mortality
Like a fevered delusion
Rotting in my stomach.
Poisonberry
On my cheekbones,
I became my own god.
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