Bikini Scars.

Hid the pearl under his tongue
for a belated safe delivery.
What's that they say about
the truly generous deed
having to go unclaimed?

But there are bigger sins
like kissing cousins
and giving up on what could be
for what was.

I hope the accent lighting on Fifth Ave
doesn't blind you.

She gave me a painting of Jacob
wrestling the Angel as the maids watch
in horror. I forget the outcome
of that Biblical battle
but I know from my own experience
that even if
Jake won
he lost.

We're alive, well, and not yet incarcerated--
Maybe just a bit dehydrated.
I should've stayed on the 405.