• n i g h t m a r e s
•  s c r e a m s
•  ⊕  1. pressure
•  ⊕  2. bleeding
•  ⊕  3. pierced
•  ⊕  4. surrender
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•  w i n g s
•  ⊕  1. spiral
•  ⊕  2. dreams
•  ⊕  3. darkest hour
•  ⊕  4. angels
•  ⊕  5. metamorphosis
•  ⊕  6. black velvet
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•  t h i n g s
•  ⊕  1. she sleeps
•  ⊕  2. dead parts
•  ⊕  3. disintegration
•  ⊕  4. falling awake
•  ⊕  5. dead thing
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6. black velvet

draped in black velvet.
skin of alabaster,
streaked with life.

putting me together again
like stuffing a doll.

she doesn't remove
she wants me whole,
my blood is changed
by her transfusion.

though I'm hollow inside like a well,
she threatens to fill me like rain.