WANTED SIN 1971

PATIENTS INA LOCKED PSYCHIATRIC WARD IN 1971

Yiska stared
at the nurse
the uniform

a pale blue
pink lipstick
peering eyes

don't forget
your tablets
the nurse said

can't have you
going out
on a limb

she walked off
Yiska watched
swaying a*s

black stockings
and black shoes
Yiska saw

Benedict
deep smoking
inhaling

you all right?
She asked him
it's snowing

he replied
she looked out
saw the snow

blanketing
fields and trees
they both stood

watching snow
drifting down
their hands touched

skin on skin
sensations
in their minds

and bodies
both of them
wanted sin.

Reviews

[TheUnrulyWriter]

I've never read a poem quite like this. It's creepy and sad at the same time. I want to reread it over and over!

[Terry Collett]

Thank you.