baby bolster

a white horse

a shining knight

riding through the dark misty night

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the Excalibur

a brave warrior

protecting the castle from nefarious demons

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the witches’ broom

a sinister witch

gliding past the bright golden moon

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lonely nights

i clutch you tight

my sole companion

in any situation

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you know it all:

my darkest secrets

hidden desires

frightful past

-

still for me

you lie calm every night

a weapon of defence against those

dreadful thoughts that crawl

incessantly in my sleep

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your fluff, now lost

white cotton stuffing,

squished and compressed,

seem a flaccid

dismembered limb

slaughtered fragment of the soul

cloudy memories encased inside

the Dora the Explorer cover

your pull string

tangled into a deadly knot

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you have served your purpose

it’s about time to let you go

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but i know that if i never

let you go

you too

would never let me go

so i would never yield

and hold you close forever.