Tonight's Poet Corner: Wicked Smart

Wicked Smart
by Belinda Roddie

she's got a face
that's a work of art
bad to the bone
and wicked smart
she'll drink you under
the table and then
make your skeleton shake
once she takes you to bed

when the aftershock hits
she'll tear you apart
force feed you cigarettes
while she chomps on cigars
the stars are aligned
as her body descends
wait a handful of years
'til you see her again

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