Jezebel

Phot by Jacob Moore 2001 San Francisco
Jezebel
paint yourself, a picture
leave nothing uncolored-
a mask, a picture of hell.
“Rid yourself”- they shriek
“the demon must fall”
around my body they swarm
casting their hatred
like stones
to bury me.
I am Jezebel.
I am your sin.
I am the demons within.
Caress my solitude
with those soft, delicate hands-
father time?
Mother earth?
Holy ghost?
…haunting the world
and its hells
I beckon you
master divine
to let your lips meet mine.
I'll swallow you in lustful kiss
and wrap you in sinful bliss.
You cowards,
afraid to create your own heaven-
but willing to cast me into
your hell....
How cruel my fate-
to be Jezebel.

March 2000