my particles are packed tightly.
i want to make you afraid of me.
skin pulled taut, eyes like marbled stone- black, shiny, endless- cold.
looks like i'm ready to pounce.
you shrivel at the sight of me,
and i swallow you up,
ounce by ounce by ounce.

my scent wafts out freely.
dark crimson red lightly bounces.
sails on to your nose.
i speak plainly and you think it's prose.

and i'm gold. and when i bare my teeth at you it's silver.
i'm ferocious when i smile at you,
and you fall...