A Sonnet For Claudia

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Wretched child, cursed infant

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Lost orphan of the plague.

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A perfect doll eternally

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condemned. Fear her dark embrace.

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Sweet rose paper skin she comes

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a demon in angels clothes.

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Hiding a secret so sinister,

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A woman forever unknown.

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To take the blood of innocent men

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Into her terrible mouth.

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The fatal swoon, an eternal soul.

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A corpse really, no more

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than this, poor Claudia.

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You monster Lestat! You fool!

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