it tastes like copper pennys and rust
or perhaps just lemon juice
smells of blood and dust
threads that have to long been loose
thorns venom and ice
rotting like a cavity filled tooth
as you smile and pretend to be nice
when you really want to tell the truth
a cancerous tumor
slowly eating your insides
its a fatal disease
a bloodsucking parasite
its like drinking a poisonous brew
and waiting for ones enemy to die
sitting to fume and stew
without ever wondering why