I read his palm and it spelled lyre lyre across his varicose veins .]
lillith ; n . archaic word for a promiscuous woman was demimondaine ; so close to demon , not quite . Not a lady of the lake but a lady of the late night . Demimonde , half world , because once you ’ ve been touched you ’ re only half a girl , pressed like flowers between couch-squished books , a flat earth . Light only touches one side .
We ’ re forced against our will to swear on the bible but if we swore on the Oxford English Dictionary does that mean we ’ d be swear words ? No wonder the pagan ’ s linguistic bastard is the page .
Using God ’ s name in vanity let me cry uncle ! for whores who smear their prayers with mascara cross themselves in the T-zone with the salt-scrubs of the Earth . I take the fall with grace ; God , punish me for my lust . [ Help me ]: I pray every night : lashes to lashes , blush to blush .