A/N: For Rachael.

She is a redred rose,

and red means l-o-v-e

in the language of

flowers.

Beauty and elegance

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like dewdrops from her

/delicate/

petals.

He is a palepale scorpion

and scorpions can only sting.

P.o.i.s.o.n.

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from him,

taintingpollutingcorrupting

all that he touches.

She isn't ((afraid)).

She says that she's ((immune))

to the venom he leaves on her lips

with every k-i-s-s.

She says that scorpions are

misunderstood

that there's a -deeper-

meaning,

all symbolism and stories.

She is a redred rose,

but roses have their -thorns-.

He is a palepale scorpion

and scorpions have their _stings_

But they

trustlovetrustlove

one another and

k.n.o.w.

that thorns-and-stings

cannot hurt them as they

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