The Final Girl (Valkyrie)<\/p>\n
Ultimate survivor in wait,
\nHer life force comes from deep within,
\nTriggered when threatened, hearing cries,
\nShe develops a thicker skin.<\/p>\n
Ultimate survivor in wait,
\nEntombed in cabin, observing,
\nHer quick brain constantly working,
\nNever taking the offered bait,
\nInnocence, a repellent trait,
\nDetached from her peers without sin,
\nCounting the deaths as they roll in,
\nStanding strong, everyone dies,
\nEspying Dyer-Bolique\u2019s lies,
\nAnd plotting to save her own skin.<\/p>\n
Her life force comes from deepest fate,
\nTo suffer whatever we bring,
\nBut I am skilled at surviving,
\nPitied for my mechanic gate,
\nShe assumes he forced me to date,
\nNight blinded from my bleak killing,
\nShe offers some kind assisting,
\nTo save me from master of flies,
\nA master I cannot despise,
\nShe follows my painful limping.<\/p>\n
Triggered when threatened by night\u2019s fate,
\nI suggest until dawn, hiding,
\nShe acquiesces, abiding,
\nBreathing heavy, fear, I relate,
\nTrusting me, a trait too innate,
\nClosing her eyes, quick slumbering,
\nResting her head, now lumbering,
\nIn the garden shed we disguise,
\nI carefully plan her demise,
\nSecateurs ready for cleaving.<\/p>\n
Ultimate survivor in wait,
\nI develop a thicker skin,
\nA strange noise draws her from hiding,
\nAlone, confused, mind in a state,
\nShe marches heedlessly to fate,
\nBehind her I stride, lumbering,
\nSecateurs assist bleak killing,
\nFrom back of neck comes the surprise,
\nThree poor clips, and Final Girl dies,
\nPainful demise, encumbering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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