{"id":822,"date":"2018-10-17T09:24:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/?p=822"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:29:37","slug":"what-satan-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rwmiller.net\/?p=822","title":{"rendered":"What Satan Said"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted her beauty &#8211; was longing her passion<br \/>\nher fashion &#8211; her irrational intrigue and savvy<br \/>\nas cold as any &#8211; assassin you\u2019ve heard of<br \/>\nas wanton as only &#8211; a player would know<br \/>\nI asked her to join me &#8211; for light conversation<br \/>\nwith slight hesitation &#8211; she coyly agreed<br \/>\nand everything after &#8211; from then and forever<br \/>\nwas altered completely &#8211; till hell freezes over<br \/>\na blur wrapped in hunger &#8211; and outrageous excess<br \/>\nan eternal detour &#8211; from all I\u2019d prepared for<br \/>\n(now) the chains on my soul &#8211; keep me tethered immortal<br \/>\nmy chortle remorseless &#8211; I got what I\u2019d asked for<\/p>\n<p>Enticed by her seductive gifts<br \/>\nand taunted with bewitching kisses<br \/>\nfixated on the ecstasy<br \/>\nmy soul descends into a sweet, unending deep abyss<br \/>\nSlow broiled within my own damn rapture<br \/>\nburned by way of rhapsody<br \/>\nignited by the joy and frenzy<br \/>\nsurrendering into the depth, a flame I can\u2019t resist<\/p>\n<p>Every moment we spend &#8211; every minute a pleasure<br \/>\nwhatever, whenever &#8211; wherever, together<br \/>\nthe past becomes present &#8211; the present the future<br \/>\nthe dead become living &#8211; the living the dead<br \/>\nnow the chains on my soul &#8211; keep me tethered immortal<br \/>\nI got what I asked for &#8211; was the last thing Satan said<\/p>\n<p>Enticed by her seductive gifts<br \/>\nand taunted with bewitching kisses<br \/>\nfixated on the ecstacy<br \/>\nmy soul descends into a sweet, unending deep abyss<br \/>\nSlow broiled within my own damn rapture<br \/>\nburned by way of rhapsody<br \/>\nignited by the joy and frenzy<br \/>\nsurrendering into the depth, a flame I can\u2019t resist<\/p>\n<p>Now the past becomes present &#8211; the present the future<br \/>\nthe dead become living &#8211; the living the dead<br \/>\nthe chains on my soul &#8211; keep me tethered immortal<br \/>\nI got what I asked for &#8211; was the last thing . . . 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