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the baker’s lullaby

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Newsletter · By poetofsappho · English · Official site

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Sep 22, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    parasite (opens the original)

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    after my act is done—after the metal tastes my vessels of miserable life—as i cry and scream and breathe my last—complete your wish.live in me like a parasite. sink your jaws into my scored limbs,rip me apart,destroy me with your love.carve your name into my flesh—own me.use me.haunt me.slither around my scarred thighs,your shining armor glinting in the eerie glow of our rancid, ghoulish love&

  2. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    hades’s hounds of death (opens the original)

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    when my well of grief overflowsand spills from my wristshades will send his hounds for me.they will bound to my heaving breasttheir snapping, foaming jawsclamping onto my limbs like visesripping away at the scored fleshas my sorrow leaks from my wounds.their fangs stained with the bloodof all the ones i could not save,and now my own.as they steal my final breaths—whispered prayers for you—they’ll taste every word unspokenevery hatred unexpressedevery anguish hidden.as my mutilated corpselays in

  3. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    maggots for brains (opens the original)

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    maggots writhe in my skullwhere my brain used to be.they gnaw at the boneshards of ivory chipping away from what once housed my mind.they taste my memories for youthe bittersweet love i have for youthat leaks from the remnants of my brain.the creatures protrude from my eye socketsboring their way into my ribcage.they find it emptyfor my heart is held in your handsand each breath from my lungs i would drawrests in the sky amongst the starsin each whispered prayer for you.the maggots rip away at m

  4. Issue · Aug 23, 2026

    for my muse (opens the original)

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    i’ve been in love for about four to five months. (you can all groan in disappointment…i know it’s another love article but idc so shut up)anywaysin those four to five months, i’ve grown into a person who i never thought i’d be. and i never want to go back. this love, this beautiful love of mine—has changed me. i’ve learned how to let go. i’ve learned how to love again. how to trust. how to feel without feeling guilty.i’ve learned about the life i’ve missed out on. i’ve learned that frien

  5. Issue · Aug 7, 2026

    snippet from art school au ivantill fanfic lmaooaooaoo (opens the original)

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    (a.n. uh yeah this is mostly just what i have written rn lmaooaooaoaoao)called “the art of shallow emotions” by poetofsappho on ao3 lallalalllalaThe library of Anakt Arts High School was deserted. It was a lunch period, meaning the majority of students were scattered throughout the cafeteria or the crowded fields outside.Till was sitting at one of the tables near the back of the library, his lunch laid untouched as he quietly sketched away in his notebook. He adjusted his one earphone that reste

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