The Strange Suspect

A face made of human skin

Two parts unruly, eight parts alluring

Ten parts deadly

A lie that sounds true

Three parts cold, seven parts sweet

Ten parts deception

Disaster stirs, murderous intent lurks

Come into the trap, and meet me where the road narrows

Conspiracy wrapped in candied fruit

Desire shadowed by debt

Accomplices bare their fangs

Ghost fleas secretly move troops across the border

Evil thoughts are born in the dark

The truth is bound hand and foot

Deceit spreads through every gaze

A little wish

Two parts dignified, eight parts shameless

Ten parts shallow

A grand conspiracy

Two parts cunning, eight parts restrained

Ten parts mad

Smoke rises from chimneys, threads of love stretch long

Grace and beauty bloom, a hundred charms revealed

Cockroaches attain sagehood

The loyal and upright become suspects

The world's joys and sorrows, its many faces

Adrift through life, at the mercy of fate