Rolls up her stockings and
slips into her heels
slides a bullet over her lips
and brushes her nails.
Her poetry is left-handed
but her prose is right
Her time is not wasted sleeping
at night.
Another desire. Another tease.
Seduction flowing through her
with exquisite ease
With just a blindfold and cheap
handcuffs she constructs her
release.
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Each prematurely rezipped dress
is a cheated wallet and a safe escape;
yet again her swindling of fate.
A friend of mine said, "It's
A friend of mine said, "It's just a job."