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Heartsick

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Hallucinogenic fruit, from a deadly tree,
Vine-ripened opiates, the preferred toxin of the connoisseur
The lotus-eater with discerning tastes.
Shining skin,
Flesh like organs,
Pips as red as blood, and hard as bone.
Love-inducing, dream-bringing, soul-stealing,
Heartsick, the desire-bringing fruit
That creates dangerous, poisonous infatuation.




                 By Vylot Hart 12/12/10
This is about a hallucenogenic Faerie fruit that features in much of my writing. Based upon the idea of the Goblin Market by Christina Rosetti, these fruit can bring about artificial love, hatred, hallucinations. They're effectively addictiver poison.
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Serenity-Blue's avatar
Nice free-form. I always end up rhyming against my will when I write them. I also like how the fruit sounds very unappealing, but people will eat it anyway due to its other "lovely" properties.