sulking on the bed
like a large, slinky cat
sexy pouting lips
electric green eyes
clouds of smoke
ring her head like a halo
cigarette droops from
long fingers
black fingernails
she glances pensively
at the red lines
on her calves
on her thighs
on her arms
on her wrists
wonders with a bored expression
if she'll stain the sheets
puff puff
on the burning cigarette
she should quit
smoking can kill
laughing a dead laugh
she extinguishes her smoke
on her forearm
courses of alternate pain
and ecstasy course through her
smiling with a sleepy satisfaction
she stretches languidly
and drifts into a black sleep