she, temptation
curved coastline & hair black as boot
mother india with her sari hiked up
temple in her legs forgotten
& doesn’t starch just
glide against her
she, reborn daffodil
crumples slickly into rot
ground bared for McDonald’s playground
children wearing English like
clear braces & acne medication
oil carefully fingering tooth marks
she, fish-eyed beauty
water creature saved from oncoming
tsunami
thermostat turned down
pence rattling against her deities
gasp reborn in cracked lipstick
she, lawless
loose hair trapping curls of smoke
tobacco decorating center part & spit saying
I do for her