The Devil’s Call

 

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In a sultry-dulcet tone,

he beckons me close.

“Come here, darling,

let me look into your soul.

Don’t be shy now.

I promise it won’t hurt.

C’mon now, love,

don’t be so curt.”

Now if I wasn’t so afraid,

I might have taken

him up on his offer.

I knew not,

what had him so

enthralled.

So I silently quivered,

and shook

where I stood.

He looked at me next

as though my actions

had him perplexed.

A light flickered

somewhere in the room

and the darkness spread;

previously golden orbs,

now glowed in red.

Breathless, I moved back,

stumbling, tumbling

before I hit the ground,

he caught my fall;

he smiled richly,

all while capturing

my heart,

“Sweet, little girl

nobody ignores

the Devil’s call.”