Wild Cat

Wild Cat
Form: Free Verse

She was his ideal match
ticking all the right boxes on the dating app
a wild cat in the bedroom
but hidden behind the algorithms of tech
a much darker secret was kept
her deepest desire to devour
raw meat in the night
under the covers she was gnawing on bones
a bowl of giblets while watching TV
and she would tell him she had a migraine
she needed her medicine
liver fresh from the fridge
the iron is good for the blood she would say
but he loved her anyway
until the day
he walked in and the stench of blood
filled his nose
stale and nauseating
it really wasn’t any good
and despite his love the time had come
to say over finished, we’re done
he paused for a moment as he climbed the stairs
what if – no she loved him
he knew that
and as he walked in the bedroom she pounced
like a tiger claiming its prey
and as she looked in the mirror
his blood still fresh on her lips
she said “it wasn’t a lie”
she was his ideal match
ticking all the right boxes on the dating app
a wild cat in the bedroom

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