Spellbound

She was beautiful beyond mere words Her dress of black and white With the exquisite diamond pattern Clung as if skin to her Her tongue began touching the sides of her mouth A totally obscene gesture Corners turned perpetually up In a stoic smile Her eyes were enchanting Hypnotic, mesmerizing but cold And the silence was so deafening I could hear her breathing She swayed sexily, slowly in a compromising Sort of way She undulated in front of me With a come hither motion That had me glued to the spot And then In the back of my mind As if from a million miles away.... I heard the castanets And through the haze in my mind I saw her coiled, and ready to strike I had never jumped so far back in my life Snakes are beautiful, but deadly Just like women 3/2/2016 29 Palms Ca.