a stones throw from hell

a stones-throw from hell.
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(A Stone's-Throw
from Hell,
and Three Worlds
Shy of Heaven.)

I met an Angel
who

showed me
Devils
could be Pretty...

with
Secrets on Her
Lips to Tell.

(loosened by
SaTaNiC
Whiskey.)

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Why are you
not scared?
(she asked.)

Does Beauty
soften Horrors
Wretched Sting?



I looked
at
her and
laughed.

For my
Head is
A Nightmare.

(beyond
imagining.)

j.stephen.h.