Three Days Long
written by *DgenRetEliteRabbit

it was just a moment.
a weak moment where i was just only
gazing at the madness of beauty embodied.
and is it were
i stared into the eye of the needle storm
where three days passing
became like three years in limbo
and my body filmed with nerve-sick sweat,
from within a shell of brittle flesh
i could only watch with 72 hour eyes .
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Three Days Long I

upon a damp night
in late early hours
i paced about a modern hall
amongst what they'd all called
the finery of life,
through seas of chanel and versace.
watching,
for that is what i do.
i
watch
him.
adept at filtering out all other stimuli now
sic'd on the bright king of society
as if there were no other in the world.
he held court like a rock star
wearing a mask of handsome flirt
had fawns gathered about him
while his close-cropped gray hair belied his age
but no matter, they swooned like
perversions of salvador dali women
all the while i hunt him
achingly.
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Three Days Long II

monster.
he's a monster.
he even glows like a demon.
if i tell myself this enough,
it will be true.
right?

circling around the room
sizing him up
i'd never been this close to him
i could almost smell him
and it made me lightheaded.

when abyss blue eyes finally
nailed my meagerness to the floor,
and
caught in the heavy-lidded gaze of hunger,
he smiled as if he'd known all along
and slayed me.

my drink dropped fourteen stories
toppling against linen and rayon-cotton blend
to sputter into the plush and stone
of the floor he nailed me to.
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Three Days Long III

"come here," he said, "to me"

i could only drag my feet
as through invisible leash
he led me through thick wafts
of stale sweat and acrid perfume
out into the night upon a balcony in shadow.
in the sky above us
streaking clouds ate
and swallowed
the pitiful crescent moon.
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Three Days Long IV

he turned and grinned at me like an imp
azure eyes trailing in the dark like photoflash.

"come close," he said.
and only fickle air stood between us.

sighing in pre-dawn mist
he flicked at my shirt collar
eyes piercing right into me
roguish contempt
a boy teasing a girl
because he already knew
exactly why i was there.
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Three Days Long V

he said,
"three days you've followed me
tailed me through the rivers of the city
inspected the creatures i've spoken to
studied my movements closely
been privy to my most intimate, private moments"
his hands taking buttons effortlessly from my shirt
tongue wagging in the heat of ambitious desire
he smiled unassumingly.

he said,
"three days and you didn't suspect.
you've only come this far
you've only come this close to me
because i have allowed you to"
tangling a hand into my hair
to manipulate the angle of my aching skull.
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Three Days Long VI

fingertips
covering contours of my plunging throat
in greedy digital detail.

he said,
"so soft skin
smooth
strong
and warm."

when he speaks
his words are intercourse
in poetic discourse.
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Three Days Long VII

subtle gasping for fearful breath
only amused and encouraged him
to push his eyes right through mine
and press an eager mouth to the
curves of fretful flesh.

this was terrible weakness
my twisted flesh wanted more
but i'd spent far too long there
a fool in his nightmare.
his eyes easily moved me
if only to stun me
his mouth was like fire
raking his teeth over quivering skin
prompting tiny pleas from my throat
he paused to peer at me
From the corners of his eyes
over the line of my cheek
smiling with all the impudent
wisdom left in the world.
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Three Days Long VIII

he said,
"i know what you're thinking
you think that you're dying
perhaps you are dreaming
three days you're sleepwalking
are you frightened of me?
because i think that you are
i think that you've been wanton of me
i know what you're thinking.

"i know why you're here
you and i have so much in common
hunters killers predators alike
i wanted to ask you
are you the kind of killer
cold hearted and apathetic
or do you witness and mourn
the light of life
extinguish in the pupils of your
victims eyes?

"i know what you're thinking
i know what you want
i've been patient far long enough
i think i deserve this."
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