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Wasted Love Hearts and petals and kisses and all things soft- All things warm and cheerful and bright- Smooth skin, lingering kisses, longing looks, sleep lost- Pretty locks, joyous eyes, flushed cheeks, pounding heart- No; I give you none! Seek all things bitter and broken and lost- All things dark and red and gray- Blood coated with lust and gore and flesh- Sprinkled with the tears of a dying soul- Aye; That's all I offer thee! You say you love, don't you? Then love all that's dead and rotten in her, Make love to the Devil's child; Build your home in the Devil's lair, Greet death with her daily, Bury your ashes in her mutilated womb; Maybe from all that blood and death A new life and fervent love shall spring; Not worth all that, is it? Blinded by bright and fragrant and colorful love, Ain't we? After all, who seeks dead leaves beside an apple tree! - S. Dutta