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[aid] => mick
[title] => Night Vs. Day
[time] => 2006-07-25 14:44:00
[hometext] => Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
[bodytext] => the love of the maiden was unrivaled she lived only for him loved only him her eyes were cloudless midnight and her hair it's shadow her fair skin surpassed Luna's pale glow the keeper or her heart was the lord of the castle she served as a maid bringing him dinner pouring him wine she loved him his eyes were golden suns and his hair red as sunset as it curled about his face his skin bronzed by a thousand days each day he swore he loved only her and had he but asked she would have gone to him without regret forsaking her maidenhood but one day a shadow fell upon her life a lady appeared in court with eyes of brightest blue and hair of golden sunlight the lord saw her and he loved her the maiden faded into a shadow in his mind as the lady grew brighter One evening he announced his marriage to the lady tears welled in the maiden's eyes as their happiness was toasted but a fire burned in the maiden's heart and as she brought the wine she formed a plan that night under veil of darkness she visited an apothecary and bougth a lethal poison the next night at the engagement the maiden poured a special wine and none noticed the wicked gleam in her eyes that night they all slept and never woke again the lady was found her face slashed and her hair torn the lord had the print of blood covered lips upon his mouth the kiss of death some say and the maiden her wrists were slashed none go to the castle now for they say the maiden holds a ghostly court with the lord at her side and a scarred lady serving the wine [comments] => 3 [counter] => 157 [topic] => 22 [informant] => True [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => LostLove )
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