(Recipient)Teeth clenched in the sour
glut of copper
extinguished where
light dare not tread
clutched is the fading
delusions of safety
that I might wake to
find the glare of livid day
again he awaits
the ravening veneer
of wrinkled white
the cowl of Pompeii soot
the rancour of black death
yersinia Pestis
bubonic entrance
of my nightly scourge
he bows with gristle creak
a grin beneath his beak
undulation of
bone and skin
seeping digits delve within
seeking the marrow of felicity
medieval curlicue
serifs black inflection
danse macabre
palaeography
a mockery of script
the rigour garb of
acheron, leaden
sleep anoints him
(Sentinel) shall we begin?
(Recipient) the malignancy
bows and gestures on
his sanctum shrouds
I have no choice
no argument
for the dark entices
alluring truths
seeping digits dwell within
seeking the marrow of felicity
(Sentinel) follow me

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