Model Momento Improvisation 01 04 2010 Original 2009

Stolen from an artist’s model boxes of
Memento -jewels won for brief
Life foreplay tokens loss on E-Z-Ride
Toll roads crossing from ambivilence
To life’s one invited moment
To break-in and enter her the
Truth or trust burglarized -he would
Pay with life’s incarceration -take
The fall ordained to give false promises
To sacrifice dedication wasted
She came into the room wearing a Nubian
Dressing gown once found and acquired
From a department store warehouse sale
She wore the drape to shape the
Presentation -her soul would show
Beneath erotic veils -the
Jewel hung inside a heart behind her
Breast lifted up
Stifling pangs of breath as if a smoke
Inhaled -she commanded desires to crave
From under tacks of time and raise
Pleasures’ haze -She’s the Queen of them
All host at supper and ball -the mother
And companion -better loved memento
Silenced -the jewel of them all.

L ee Mack copyright 2009. ISBN # 0615318347. Reproduce with permission only.