Midnight Melts

Late night palaver silent picture
naked child soldier sometimes
a riddle and sometimes a wraith
sorcerer shadows dance the rhumba
southern shadows two-step late
nights Saturday mist rolling
I would stake my life my
fortune in boots our hips
pressed together accordion bleeds
and midnight melts in the
distance they wonder if I was
there a streetlight ghost
naked charm the red wine drained
I could attack your rn if you
fall willy-nilly into
my trap my arms my teeth

before the vultures in twisting
cyclone dive long into the cane
your rotten bones our
last meal.

TA