silver nitrate eyes

-photographic memory-

all plastic & virginal smiles

you are russian roulette & french kisses

a smoke ring above your head

becomes an ironic halo

gloss your lips

with the blood of a wounded lover

burn the evidence

& target another heart

hop(skotch) across a pattern

of squares chalked on the sidewalk

survivor of yesterday’s rain

land feather-light

on ‘love-me’ & ‘leave-me’

jump over the box that promises ‘faithful’

skip to ‘torture’ & ‘kill’

end the game with a blown kiss

return the rock

to your stash of weapons