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The venomous

Five warnings about a snake

By Sam SpinelliPublished about a year ago 1 min read
The venomous
Photo by Jan Kopřiva on Unsplash

Wrinkle your nose against her perfume, cough NOW— before her scent slithers into your lungs!

Rub her honey from your eyes or you may not see the drool strings and venom!

If you taste the bile coiling behind your throat, that’s a sign that you have already swallowed a lie.

Spit it up! before the pythons of loneliness and regret curl across your chest and squeeze away your will to breath

Otherwise you will believe her when she says you are unloveable

heartbreak

About the Creator

Sam Spinelli

Trying to make human art the best I can, never Ai!

Help me write better! Critical feedback is welcome :)

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