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Click hereVicious as the grip is, she'll endure
All of the savagery you offer up;
Love isn't in the frame, it will not cure
Each need she has; so let the devil sup
Not fast again, regardless of a day,
That's filled with flowers, kisses and affairs
In which she has no interest; no play,
No other way will do for her; despair's
Enriched by every blow you land on her;
Devoted as she is to punishment,
Applied with strictest rigour; she'll prefer
Your lack of empathy and won't resent
Nor hate you for the tortures you design
Or insist on, as your sweet valentine.
Not my kind of fetish, S.O., but I always read your poems (I almost wrote "stuff," perhaps more appropriate, given the narrative) because of the thought and skill you bring to each.
I like the beat on the first syllable in the nasty adjective you begin with. Its sound and image set the tone from the get go. I wonder if a few more lines beginning like that may have enhanced that effect.
On the the other hand, I might have finished with
"Or insist upon as your valentine." for a softer ending.
That may be a quibble, but I believe sounds and images are often subliminal.