As you were lavishly embracing Morpheus, like the ***** of Babylon, I was caressing the smoke from my cigarette with my tongue and lips. This serpentine tongue, This usurper of words and promises; Fraudulent emotional serpent- Never to be trusted. I made loops with my tongue, and the smoke was like a circus acrobat, While my lips were burning with grotesque desire; They were craving your delirious nectar. I stood there like an unmoving rock Like Maria Magdalena next to crucified Jesus. I stood there like a monk bending in front of the temple altar I made an offering to you - myself Under the veil of black lace I coyly waited for an answer. Pious towards you, yet profane to the world I counted your every heartbeat So that my heart was in tandem with yours; it did not dare do otherwise. This heart that pumped cold reptilian blood. Who knew I can feel? I swore this would be the last time.