LIP GLOSS
1.
Standing upright, slim and blond
on a subway platform
She pulls out a stick
to gloss her lips
He was inches away
from the curve of her arched back
A rush went through him—
a Greek gladiator’s lance
pierced him
Unaware
that his spider’s threads
had spun around her
she was his!
2,
Subway arrived, but he
could not move,
he then noticed
that her silken hair
had wound itself around him
the moment she opened
the lip gloss
and he was the one
that was captured
— Abraham Menashe
© 2017