A/N: Written for the Monthly Het-Tastic Drabble-athlon, Lucius/Rita, #043 – survive, the If You Dare Challenge, #521 – spoken lies, and the Het-Pairings Boot Camp, #009 – key, and the War of the Elemental Song Quotes Competition, EARTH: Well, I like dirt. -Red Hot Chili Peppers, "I Like Dirt", Gemstone Competition, oynx.
A Larger Poetry Collection
105. Spokeswoman
She was a remarkably unlikable girl, but he liked girls like that:
they had their uses after all, and to be able to hide behind
miss motor mouth had distinct advantages with him
And she loved the dirt he could dig up for her, dirt
he could clean his hands off once it was safe in her grubby little paws
and he'd let her spin her web of deceitful truths as he hid himself
behind those lies.
He didn't much care how she hung off his arm and every word,
how the rumour spread that he'd found a little toy
which he'd had, because a man of his prestige had such women
in their back pockets and in the lower parts of their beds
but never side by side
And as long as she got her dirt, it suited her just fine.