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opera of rainy nights



sure, you’ll meet her one day, maybe when you’re at your
most desperate. the dame with the sexy walk, the touch &
the kiss to soothe your fever. like the guy said once, the
sweet stuff that dreams are made of.

women like her are dangerous, so what makes them so easy
to fall in love with? it’s those eyes, portholes of a hell-born
soul. blue, green, brown, hazel; it don’t matter, they’re all
exactly the same. her priorities are written right there in the
perilous beauty, & they all add up to one thing: what’s best
for her, & screw everybody else, even a nice guy like me.

it’s the deceit that grows there like daffodils, she planted that
garden right about the time she developed breasts…..maybe
lies & tits are a package deal.

she’ll tell you you’re the bravest man she’s ever known, as long as
you’re holdin’ the gun. then she takes it fast & loose out the back
door with a briefcase full of loot after you’ve murdered her rich husband.
there’s a cab waitin’ in the alley & she’s gone, you stand there shakin’
with a smoking Beretta & a one-way ticket to the gallows.

but there’s something even more dangerous in the lady’s eyes,
because love is the worst lie. it’s the dream every kid chases before
he can figure the odds. it’s the fairy tale that gets you into a mahogany
bed with Cinderella or Snow White, & you’ll never have to bite the
poisoned apple. it’s the fantasy that every soldier & sailor fights his
wars for, & suffers the cold & lonely nights reading the rare perfumed
love letter by the trembling light of a Zippo.

it’s those eyes, brother, it’s all the beauty in the world in two sparkling
orbs that spin you like a dreidel.

it’s the negligee’d promise that breaks your heart softly, like a
sledgehammer.

it’s what takes a man down…



Written by JohnFeddeler
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