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The Sweet Smell of Death

June 11, 2014
By Lizziebeth PLATINUM, New York, New York
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Lizziebeth PLATINUM, New York, New York
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"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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This species of death
Slow vanishing to nothing
Is terrifying

Eating through my soul
The slow sensation of death
It is not pleasant

Blood drips down my lips
Splashing on the cold hard ground
The sweet smell of death

© Eveliz V., Bayamon, Puerto Rico

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