I've got a sweet kitten-goddess
who winks at me w/ one golden eye;
I've got red-flesh redhead standing
at the bottom of the sea; mermaid
or virago, ***** ***** or a saint;
I'll take 'em both to my getaway
called Devil's Isle although I don't
know why it's called that except
every so often an angel falls
out of the sky & gets lost looking
for the thruway to get home but
hell's right around the corner
way back in the alley behind the bodega
that doubles as a numbers spot;
bookies taking bets on whatever
u've got & it's convenient to
the pawn shop where u've hock
ur life away saying it'll be worth
something someday; meanwhile
the leeches burrow under ur skin &
u fall under her spell like the rest
of ur kin; hypnotized by her surging
might; a massive tide of delight
that pulls u under the waves
to her crab-filled cave from
where u'll never see another sunlit day