Mad Mabelline
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

There’s something insidious
About the way she sidles up to him
All Maybelline & sharkskin
“Hey stranger!” she says.
“Where have you been hiding?”
He feels uncomfortable
Recognized but unseen.
Rebuffed and seduced
In the same gesture. A little mouse,
flying high from the flick of a feline paw.
“Where have you been?”
Careful here.
Tell her a story.
Stall her with a drink.
Get ready to make your next —
But it’s too late.
In an instant
she bats at the candle flame
and the wick goes cold.