When Spain to monsters fell, Ofelia
Followed a Faun's fairies to the hard heart
Labyrinthine, there finding a Pale Man,
Devoid of eyes in's head, though in his palms,
Hunted what they fed upon. Fair Spain
Bled when Pale Man bit off a fairy's head
And swallowed another because two grapes
Had been consumed from off the fascists' feast
To tempt ordinary appetite sup
With Franco. Thus, Ofelia also
Fell to terror. Redeemed by her own blood.
With love
Steven
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