words and space, selected and arranged
You're a presence through absence; you stalk his footfalls,
Then you sound him with silence that echoes the soul.
You're a song on the wind; you're the whisper in storms.
You're a soul mate, a one night, a friend, or a whore.
In the twilight of reason, the dawn of the void,
You're a shoulder, a neckline, a night unemployed.
You're a lack of breath, succubus, demon upon
Panting shadows of empty life paused, and you're gone.
Marianne or Charisse or Michelle or Corinne:
You're regret where he ends, anguish where he begins.
You're a fading, a floating, a fog in his head;
You're the eclipse of breath and light on his deathbed.
You're a presence through absence; you stalk his footfalls,
Then you sound him with silence that echoes the soul.
You're a song on the wind; you're the whisper in storms.
You're a soul mate, a one night, a friend, or a whore.
(second and third voices)
crossed legs
Olivia de Havilland
a Degas putting on nylons
brunette
tanned legs
skirts and crossed legs
redhead
lightest auburn
garters
Michelle Pfeiffer and Shakespearean fairies
Alexandra, Sasha
I'm washing my hair
she applies lipstick, then kisses herself inside-out
Eva Marie Saint
Madame Bovary
dear
dramatic mascara
Grace Kelly
underwear models
platinum blonde
pink panties
black panties
Charlie's Angels
Melanie
hun
free panty with purchase
sheer panties
Audrey Hepburn
Wonder Woman
strawberry blonde
naughty panties
Victoria's Secret
Batgirl
women's restrooms with padded furniture
cherry red manicures, matching pedicures
Julie Christie
cheerleaders, stockings, and skirts
golden blonde
fragrances
pheremones
strings and thongs
Mudd's Women
Jennifer, Jenna, Jen
leave the toilet seat down
Lady Chatterley
36-23-35
Chanel No. 5
Gillian Anderson
Miss Vermont
we could still be friends
heels walk in beauty like the night
the ADA on Law and Order
Miss Virginia
baton twirling
erect, properly seated posture
Billy Joe
Bobby Joe
Betty Joe
red pumps: click, click, click
5" heels: How can she walk in those?
Amanda
abs of steel
get she to a nunnery
push-up bras
Elizabeth, Liz, Betsy
pretty kitty, such a pretty kitty
hot pink bras
lacy, sexy bloomers
Tabitha
mid-thigh
Miracle bras
sports bras
Maureen O'Hara
Frederick's of Hollywood
Jaqueline
The Stepford Wives
buns of steel
pick up your socks
fishnet stockings and a bow-tie
Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls Wilder
geisha
the small of her back
Catwoman
36D
bare shoulders
blow out your candle, Laura