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Through the Lens of Melancholy

The demons gaze at me like they’ve drunken malice tea. A beverage filled with pure hate, only my spilt blood will fully satiate. Their thirst, and their hunger, because they feed on my worst. My thoughts and my feelings, all my troubled dealings. The times that I reached up and hit into glass ceilings…
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Tarot Tower Wrapped in Silk
A journey unfolds where a speaker encounters a wise toad at a fork in the road, grappling with his desires for power, strength, love, and money. He learns about the significance of choosing wisely, ultimately prioritizing love, symbolized by flowers, in hopes of attracting his dream woman among the stars.