Sensation

Did you hear about the latest sensation in town?
I heard she beat up a dozen men on her own.
No, I heard she's part of the mafia.
My friend told me she robbed a bank and got away with it.
Worse, I heard she sold her soul to the devil.
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Horrified whispers,
Scandalised lies.
Muted half-truths,
Schadenfreude.
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Are we talking about the same person?
There's no way a girl did all that.
You're pulling my leg.
You're just saying so.
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She sits in her corner and hears them speak.
Hears them spew horrific lies like diabolic fiends.
She listens and she wonders.
How could it be?
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That of all the things they claim she's done
Not a single is about who she's been.
Not a single mention of the nights she lied awake wondering what could be?
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A life lived in shadows,
A life lived in lies.
Treachery consumes her until she can't rhyme.
So speak your piece or forever be undone.
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After all, she's just a creature of time,
A penniless mime.
A heart of darkness,
Of yours and my design.
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For all the things they say,
They had one thing right.
She did sell her soul to the devil.
Just not the one they had in mind.