the voodoo king.
never fall in love with a voodoo king.
the first week charms with gasoline breath and mice skulls in your freezer. rope burn mornings. pins and needles up your spine.
eventually the vacant eyes are overbearing and the swamp follows you home.
broken fiddle strings and red roses cover the floor. the smell of mud creeps though the walls and you wake up with needles in your heart and your fingernails missing.

I’m a big fan of this! It would make an amazing children’s book, even though it’s kind of scary.