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Mantis
Feeling safe in her quiet repose
and hidden in a cloak of night,
She watches them crawl before her
with malicious hungry eyes;
jet black crystal balls
planted deep in her skull
to draw them in.
Repeating the unspoken mantra:
if she can't have one she'll talk another.
---
Her eyes, like silver pocket watches
danging on metal chains,
softly swaying to the perpetual beat
of a secret internal motive.
It spills an intoxicating lullaby
almost as if you say:
"You're getting sleepy dear, so sleepy"
Repeating the unspoken mantra:
If she can't have one she'll take another.
---
She stretches out her insect legs
to claim her rightful prize -
Only to take his head off
once she's had her cruel little sip,
Her passing glance and power trip.
Each one slowly paving the way
on her road to self satisfaction.
That sick creeping mantis,
ready to strike and feast on another lover.
She repeats the unspoken mantra:
If I can't have one I'll take another.
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