Salomé

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7 veils come crashing down
In a silent pain
The same
As the frightened cries
Of a chaste moon
She is a virgin-
Pale like a dead woman

She dances through the fear
Crashing down
The bleeding heart
Grated with adornment
Of a first romance

Bitter,
Like the taste of wine
The cloud that steeps
And boils the blood
Of lecherous father
So alone in his madness
Who lusts for own kin

Yet continues her dance
Every step closure
Every crash against the marble of her skin
In her heart
Drives the scarlet lips together

I will kiss thy lips Yokanaan
I will kiss thy lips

And at the apex of performance
The begging, fighting and the pleas
Can no longer contain the scarlet
Flushing of her maiden heart
Bloodlust must be satisfied

I will kiss thy lips Yokanaan
I will kiss thy lips

She kills what she loves
and she loves what she kills
With his head in her arms
Their lips can embrace

These bitter feelings taste of love

I have kissed thy lips Yokanaan
I have kissed thy lips

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