4 June 2007

My hair curling over his fingers,

pH strips that crackle and

flow, he tests my

acidity and balks not

when the colors reveal reds,

orange-yellows (colorblind,

but his only disability is hope)

round rings of eyemakeup

(round rings of churchbells)

tricks to tease and trap a man,

a perfected suggested smile

while

I myself end up caught