Eyes Green With Fever

She had tattoos

& bright red shoes;

her eyes were green with fever.

I ran away

& hid all-day

for fear her gaze might melt me.

But then she flew

& my fears grew.

“Was she a Saint or Satan?”

With fear I fell,

& stared at Hell.

“Dear God, please now, forgive me!”

But when she smiled,

I was beguiled —

since then I’ve never left her.

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