Whore House
morals & corsets loosen,
dark alleyways, velvet room
plush with temptation &
—money tinted skin
diamond cut teeth feed
on, bitter-chocolate
covered cockroaches
—the best they’re going to get.
Love is an aphrodisiac:
air sticky sweat, sex,
& syllables
—smother,
a contagious virus,
begging to be fit
inside the empty holes
—of a body.
nails hammer across
spines. Tongues, tools
to lie with. Lips
—soft vices,
holding broken
vows to love &
hold only one soul
—at a time.