famous for being a killer.
Just one bite is all it takes
to send you to your maker.
It had a fascinating beauty,
this Amanita virosa -
pale as death,
delicate as
consumption.
A dream in white,
of bones and dust
and empty skulls
and agonising pain.
How easily might I
pick you up;
how easily might I
take the gift
hidden in your flesh!
But not today.
Not just now.
I'd rather eat a blackberry.
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