People who sleep naked

cannot be trusted

It’s hard to decipher

if they escape the heat

or are laying down bait

for a chosen victim.

People who love shoes

are really not people

in another life

they are millipedes

and when in public

they’ll embarrass you

looking down and around

smirking and sneering

judging your feet.

People who eat food

cannot be trusted;

the ones who dine

behind locked doors

what would they do

for gold coins

If they guard amala

with scowls and locks?

Women who wear makeup

should be respected

for their skills

of guerrilla disguise

they wear warpaint

men see makeup

till it’s too late

and arrows have been shot

and victims have been struck.

These ‘harmless’ Poets

cannot be trusted

with their dangerous weapons

of flowery words

that creep through fences

and suck through walls

attacking knees

and planting seeds

pretending the harvest

was not foreseen.

Funny men cannot be trusted

the ones that joke and joke

and so you laugh and laugh

till you fall very hard

on their already-made bed.