"Femme Fatale"

A Poem by Jane

She rises as a boy

And falls - a woman

She serves as a sister

Dies as a w***e

She has never known a mother’s

tenderness, so she carries another touch

In her eyes

A longing for love, a longer - imploring

Deploring the earth for

Had she not the ripening

Of Eve, She’d have been a Lector

Or a Napoleon.

Home cats are fed, wedded and cheated on

Alley cats are bedded and spitted on

What’s the point, the Misses are all

Mistreated

It’s all the same.

So the kitten learns to bite

And sprint as a tigress

Turns her gentleness

Into a knife.

Wakes up by the side

of dead lovers, with the word “temptress”

Written in their blood

And smiles across their smug

Satisfied faces.

She is Miss Shame, Miss Misbehave

Miss not- a- game

A prey missing, a slave by day -

The night’s empress.

© 2019 Jane

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Einstein Noodle

tragedy for all when an innocent is warped by misguided non-nurturing parents and/or parent figures :( your heroine give it a valiant try it seems but the gall of anger finally turns outward .. and "...Misbehave(s)" ... i think society looses as a whole ... a tragedy for sure ... your story telling gripped and held me .. i found the cadence natural and easy ... and i always love free verse!
E.

Posted 5 Years Ago

Chris Shaw

Interesting write. What a temptress and how cruel is she. Some sharp imagery of those dead lovers. Man eater comes to mind, she certainly doesn't like them.From kitten to tigress. That is one huge shift. I enjoyed the read.

Chris

Posted 5 Years Ago

Phill Oz O'fee

Loved the imagery and wordplay! She not only seduces but hypnotizes. She makes men fall to their knees at her feet. However, her only purpose is to destroy them. I am reminded of this quote;

‘For me, love means struggle, great lies, and a couple of slaps in the face’ – Edith Piaf

Great share my friend...:-)