face down between four

coppers each holding a limb

bête noire

black body breast belly

beached [beast] down

 

the veil of deception

traced with domination

bears heavy on broken wings

wings never meant to fly

 

ruddy red blood runs out

the black [beast] awakens

thrashes and writhes

bucking bending backwards in time

 

surrender my beauty

belle divine 

there’s only so much

a human [beast] can spine