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dangerous
I beat her & shame her.
I ravage her in all the bad ways I can fantasize,
to leave her in torment & tears.
& still she calls me beautiful –
this hideous affair; she calls it beautiful.
her pretty face. that vague smile, as if she’s too pretty for me.
maybe the reason we don’t go out in public. but underneath
it all, she’s dirty. dirty in the things she avows. her naked
industry: random mortal sins in the small spaces of midnight.
I push the limits in the ways I humiliate her. tell her to leave her
panties home when she goes to town in that short skirt. make
her keep the wet residue of her last blowjob on her face till it
dries hard, & she has to peel it off like scabs. accuse her of
running off to other lovers. lovers for a whore.
so she reads my poem, my poem that is perfidiously the false
image of a poem, & she calls it beautiful. & amazing.
like me, she says.
yet I call her a whore, I tell her to run away to that place by the
ocean that she dreams of. no, she says, in her sincere way.
because she loves me, & she will drag me all the way to forever,
if I can keep up.
I’ve heard 60mm shells drop, thought hard about taking a bullet,
laid there sick & alone in the dark, couldn’t find a bottle when I
needed it –
but I never crossed trails with anything as dangerous as a woman…
(Art: Josef Breitenbach)
Published 8th Sep 2016
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8th Sep 2016 10:27pm
'but I never crossed trails with anything as dangerous as a woman…'
Dangerous,indeed
Beautiful artwork and broken poetry,
Just the way I like em....
Dangerous,indeed
Beautiful artwork and broken poetry,
Just the way I like em....
Anonymous
8th Sep 2016 11:48pm
SHE, isn't dangerous. . .you are. . .arrogant & raw [poetry] ~ so unlike you as there is always tragedy in heartbreak, rarely on the hand which makes this piece profound and intense. . .~xo, Devlin/Doll.
9th Sep 2016 8:39am
A woman's love can be a treacherous thing especially
if she is willing to take as you
give. Dangerous indeed.
Keith
if she is willing to take as you
give. Dangerous indeed.
Keith
9th Sep 2016 12:36pm
9th Sep 2016 9:34pm
Anonymous
12th Sep 2016 00:35am
Sir John, there are some women who's only focus is on what brings "him" happiness and she will sacrifice for that...the toughest type of woman there is...there are many of us, yet most are hidden within the shadows...Loved this...With love always - Taryn xoxo
12th Sep 2016 1:26pm
Smashing last line to an intense piece!
Love the raw and unfiltered nature of your work!
Love the raw and unfiltered nature of your work!
