I am seduced by fleshy horrors 
Sucked into the smiling evil of secret crimes  
Drawn to darkened hollows of locked rooms  
Decaying tombs where gouged bodies thrash against each other 
Disturbed creatures of the night 
Whimpering in poisonous pleasure  
Crazed and bloody   

I am bewitched by sharp objects  
Tricked into the charming danger of deadly play  
Spellbound by distorted reflections of devilish characters  
Tellers of tall tales who entice me with brassy weapons  
Smoking gunslingers of the night  
Sinning in dimly lit alleyways 
Roused and shady 

I am wed to no one and nothing  
But doorways to destruction 

Brown dirt that I can’t wash off 
White sugar that sticks to the roof of my mouth 

Red lips that stain blue denim 
Black boots that singe my scratched floorboards 

Hallways that creak when I return home   

Laced 
And dancing alone