The Beast Consuming

Man was called to serve

Hunger deep, quenched only by blood

Ruby red, scarlet

Beloved, divine

The holy and wicked, tainted and pure

I kneel at the cradle I will die in

There is no escape

Around me shards of blood, rivers of bone

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Each of us cast long shadows

Hidden in the inky blackness of God's

God as tormentor, as captor, as leech

You built the world to bleed me dry

Eat me

Eat me

Sup and dine

Delicious

Lick your lips

Follow my lead

Touch my body

Make it sacreligious

Do it slowly

Soak it all in

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Worship me now

I'm meaningless

Devour me

I'm yours

I bend to your will

I'm complicit

How can I not be

There is no escape

Traitor

Brutal

Bastard

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I'll spit on you

I'll be slick and slimy

I'll be doll-like and effervescent

I'll be cream and candlelight

I'll stand in limbo

I'll bite the tail that eats me

I'll consume you

I'll put my hands on your throat

I'll gulp, watch you sink

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You are nothing without me

You need to eat

You need to keep your stores aplenty

How quickly I could forget you

But no one ever does

Siren, temptress

Have your way with me

Make it count

Beloved, prove me right