death

i killed her,
 you could say,

and

she died
 a most interesting death,
for she wasn't dead at all
 only dead to me

she still haunts the graveyard of my mind

and i had
 a most unfortunate encounter
with this lovely ghoul, indeed
 returning and embracing
the skeleton of another lost,
 haunting my friend's abode.

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