Robert Cole
Pigalle
Fellating a cigar in a tabac
A tapestry of smoke dreams its way
To the bottom of my cognac.
A diamante madam with a cat
On a leash, plays Halloween pinball,
Rackets the machine. It’s Bardot
In a face-lift mask,
Fat sucked from her hips.
She mews as the ball scores,
Pouting her lips. Her sequins
Undulate like a magician’s curtain
As she reaches for her Pernod,
Her fingers a frisk of rings.
She worked at the Cupidon
Possibly, dazzled her clients
Like a boa constrictor.
Blowing smoke from her vulva
While climbing a rope ladder.
She plays strip poker with her eyelashes
Panning the zinc bar
Bloodshot as biftecks chateaubriand.
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