Scarlet / Ouija

Featuring a fairy and the prince

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Scarlet

in case you didn’t hear
the town gossip, the
crier, i’ve been
stuck in the prince’s cellar
he takes me in, paints
me red and hurts me
good, i try to see out
the window but he waves
his hand like i don’t know
better; he promises
a kingdom that never comes
a sword that never rusts
as long as i fall
on the blade for him

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Ouija

good luck
finding my voice
when you scour the memories
that i dance through like
a fairy. you
try to speak, and YES
i’m here, but it’s natural to take
fun in your peril
after you
stepped in my circle
and disobeyed the right-of-way,
with your dried cement
still sticking to
my wings