Snap your stylish purse
Fold the unstained handkerchief
Smoke with steady hands
No lipstick from your slashed mouth
on the pale cigarette
You walk six-inches above the ground
Fawn-legs with straight seams
Mountainous white shoulders
Topped with a fierce Madonna face
Unmarked, smooth
Killer's eyes untouched by any smiling
They try to make you the victim
Over and over
You play the piano
dressed in flawless white
The gun in your trembling hand
The scarf around your neck
like a noose
Your hand on the doorknob
Just as they shout their betrayal,
a staccato burst of truth
You turn
Your eyes black with hatred and intelligence,
Slender brows bent with purpose,
Rich mouth thinned
The knife in your back
will prove a useful weapon
Tomorrow.
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