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III. Annabel Lee
At thirteen years old,
I learn that not all mermaids
are like Ariel--
some mermaids are called sirens,
femme fatales of the seven seas
who lure sailors to their drownings
with sweet, nectared voices.
Still, I wish to don the life of a siren,
whose danger appears
dizzyingly seductive to me.
I have become fascinated
with the dark and the peculiar,
and, as a result,
I too have undergone
a dark, peculiar evolution--
and, as literature has dictated,
such a character as myself
is best scrutinized under
an omniscient perspective:
She wears thick, purple eyeliner
and dresses only in
heavy blacks and deep blues,
an abrupt transition
from her previous adoration for
pastels and ruffled sleeves.
But it is not only her countenance
that is indicative of this disturbed youth--
there are the books she reads,
tales of death, gore, and
other macabre eccentricities.
Among her favourite titles
are the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
How suiting then,
that she is an
Anabel Lee in the making
(her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away...
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea).
She just doesn't realize it yet--
that she is a drowning girl impending,
that she was never to be the siren,
but the poor fool who succumbed
to the the siren's dreadful tides.
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Girl looking mournfully towards the sea gif (2014.). [image] Available at: http://rebloggy.com/post/gif-love-girl-sad-lonely-beautiful-awesome-vintage-hurt-wonderful-alone-grunge-w/81286180650[Accessed 6 Sept. 2018].
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