Tom’s Eyes Said It All Too Clear
Paul Cordeiro
Knew they’d be lies and head games from the night
when Tom had that scared look in his eyes like when a cop car
siren turns on. Marlena sat there doing an eye twitch a slight
squirm on his lap nothing much to write on but the red hair I saw
turned to flames as his lung sacs sucked a crackhouse on fire
and the door barred with him in it as I discovered his eyes said
that I wasn’t getting any celebration with them and her white skin
that loved lotion wasn’t going to lather mine
and that’s when I got pissed off and haven’t stopped spitting
