Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2018 | Page 95

White-boned Demon
St. Paul Co-educational College, Lam, Chin Yau - 15
Ugly, repulsive, bony entity;
how I abhor
my traitorous body.
Beauty.
Beauty of pure, pale skin;
delectable meat
I must taste.
I want to taste this beauty;
just as I wish
to destroy this—
my traitorous body;
and replace it with yours;
your beauty.
I long for
immortality.
I used to be
flawless, like you;
pure and pale and beautiful.
But I quit a long time ago.
Now I hate.
I avenge my long-lost purity;
purity stolen by beauty—
beautiful bastardly men.
My dearest travellers;
men who pass by my domain.
Beware.
Beware of the woman,
once bitten and betrayed.
I am not shy.
Prepare to perish.
Men who bring immortality,
do not fear me.
For I am innocent and pure
in my holograph body.
Do you see me now?
White-boned and beautiful.