Pythia
Amidst old smoke and stale perfume of a broken night, a seraphic voice posed a question in the dark— to tremble to hear a moan to sink into unguent warmth in a sacred retreat. In the green room, yellow gloves lay on a coffee table. She lit a cigarette and gazed at the fine rain. I took her scent and felt her breath, her nostrils flared, an arabesque veil of smoke drifted into cloudy gray-green eyes. “Have we spoken?” A hot blush came to my cheek. “Your blood is warm.” “I read Bishop Sheen.” She forced a laugh and blew a jet from under dark lashes. “I adore Coblenz, k iss me. ” She tasted of tobacco and stale mint. Her bosom swelled, a tremor crossed her face. “Would you like a trip to Greece?” That’s where I want to go: White-velvet breasts, C-section, painted nails, on a cold-hard floor. I woke to a curving figure in a wide-brimmed hat staring in a mirror, black-spike heels, cigarette, eye-liner, headlights in the drive, shouts at the front door.