By Misti
Date: 2001 Sep 08
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Belladonna With Sugar on Top

first light and I am too aware
        of the angles
you sleep on your back doing that
    weird fish thing
with your lips
           I take my REM too seriously
the residue stays
a haze I try to wish
away
who were they to you
all of them singular
complete with a special shine
I know the first one represented Eros
the second was Scarsborough Fair
and the third was a distant relative
of the Mad Hatter
but this is not
to negate the slight scar she left
(your aversion to organized religion)

in the last dream, though
she was young
        Italian
        vibrant
        sexy
...flirtatious to a fault
you adored her shamelessly
and ignored my fury
I blow dried my hair straight
and put on a new
antique lace dress
a delicate silver sapphire necklace
adorned my throat
so I looked in the mirror thinking
I Am a Force to Reckon With
but she was with you
in the kitchen
enthralling you with her merry mythology
I could hear every rose petal tossed
and slowly
I burned
Opium
incensed.