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Liebestod

To crush the bones of my soul,
To suck the breath from my mouth,
Cat-like,
To give until my heart's full
Of receiving;
My sugar-coated nature
Is dissolving into raw
And unsaccharine naked
Sincerity.
And once my soul is eaten,
Leaving only my body to be destroyed,
I'll be killed by the one I love
Who loves me,
Not in passion, though in violence,
A quiet death.