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Who comes to see me daily—I shall die 
Happier if I kill him ;  so shall I 
Reap on his body the last tare of lust, 
And shrivel back into my primal dust 
Filled with all worms and hornéd beasts with wings, 
The reptile that sweats acrid juice, and stings 
With bloody teeth and tongue !  Oh, all the room 
Spits fire and dung, and vomits forth a spume 
Of tawny sickly death !  All blotched and dark, 
The putrid air is vital with a spark 
Of fiery eyes of yonder filthy hound ! 
God !  I am reeling brain and body !  I swound ! 
The floor heaves up !  The worms devour my breast ! 
Beasts and lewd fish and wingèd things infest 
Each vital part !  Screech, rats !  more liquor !  Come ! 
Rumble, you rotting whore-skin of a drum ! 
I care not !  Scream, you rats !  Snakes, bite and hiss ! 
Hell’s spawn, I mouth you with this putrid kiss ! 
Satan !  Damnation !  This is the abyss !