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by reminiscent-afterthought

Even if they scattered about nonsensically, they collected on the same net.

54. Bitter Poison Taste

A/N: Written for the February Femslash Competition. The pairing here is Hermione/Bellatrix, just in case it wasn't clear.

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A Larger Poetry Collection
54. Bitter Poison Taste

If only the taste of poison could have been less bitter
she would have loved it more

Slipping
like a snake
through her jaw

Until it bit the inside of her mouth
and let the red haze-filled moans escape
from her tongue –

A tongue she could not accuse
of betrayal, if only because she couldn't help
but crave the taste of the forbidden fruit.