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The Bloodletter: 1 (She)
Timothy Tarkelly
She (the woman
found impossible to describe,
bombastic if it weren’t for her blades,
their severed targets
and crimson sheen)
found love in a victim.
Her gilded instruments
and metal trays be damned,
though they cried and called for damage,
she bled with her lips
and gave her heart
to a man she could enjoy
for a few minutes.