Sinister Spirits

It should be to no one's
surprise that Malice and Spite
are the very closest of companions.
As beastly emotions go, these 
two are twinned spirits
born of their mother
Malevolence, and well and truly
tutored by her in the evil process
of inflicting torment and pain.
The two vie with one another
in efforts to prove that one
easily outdistances the other
in the exquisite needle work
of wretchedness. Beware
befriending them as useful
manipulative devices, since
those ardent practitioners are
more than capable of turning
the screws backhandedly for
their own unexpected pleasure in
the delicate extraction of revenge.