but why the smile?

undressed, yes
hidden weapons check
the smile
open, I cannot glimpse
defiance
yet
no other explanation
suggests
ghetto rose
you bloom
inside a document
plucked beside the firing squad.

punishment

when did you learn
to let go? those days
of struggle with string,
sticks and bone

long gone. coffers
emptied, treasures
lost beyond walls
of  brick and stone.

Imagine An Ultimate Blush

your face is on
fire, little strumpet, little liar
and I long
to skin you alive,
expose your bones
beyond marrow.