How Do I Love Thee... by fileg

Green-Eyed Monsters - Queen Beruthiel to Her Cats

two triolets for fur


Your fur as dark as sorcery
Your eyes as green as poison
You show your secret heart to me
Your fur as dark as sorcery
As deep as death and twice as free
My secret, silent loved one
Your fur as dark as sorcery
Your eyes as green as poison

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The black cats watch with hungry eyes
The white cat makes no sound
A Queen depends on silent spies
The black cats watch with hungry eyes
As soft as sighs, as hard as lies
As cold as underground
The black cats watch with hungry eyes
The white cat makes no sound

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