the last sin   pale ashen sky a bleary eye clouds of recurring screams... i am a zoo   an octopus leviathan tentacles into an ocean of unformed emotions... syphilis and love     syphilitic pall stifles the clear blue i contort...   shell and pearl   amidst highs and lows in life's ocean flows a shell peony-mouthed...   i am an unmarried mother     fed on stings of barbed milk morality my child-plankton...   the lovers   cell upon cell bridge of their union hung on the pillars... rebirth   ogre of age and time cavil at a warm picture... the young today   innocence thaws at the altar of ambition...		wraparound mystery red with floral thin brown lines out of place crumpled and brooding baroque against light silhouetted tall grim shadows enticement on thin legs tight honed buttocks creator of thoughts that cross the edge entwined a safety pin modesty competes with seduction pretentious killer ( 14 September 2003 ) Poetry Home