YOU RE THE DEVIL

Moises 2022-04-19 09:02:49

you used to wear those orange clothes

And aqua green sequins inlaid in the chest like a bud

Silky roses emerge from behind your ears

The flower of your passion winds down Hoover Street

through the dark old house

where the woman from louisiana peels the beans at three o'clock in the afternoon

Take the whistling kid to the store

you shine in the heat

It's like looking for someone to go with, but it's not

You're just watching every black person who doesn't get drunk

Your thighs are looming under your skirt as you cross the street

you slow down so everyone can see

i look at you

Rhinestones carved the corners of your mouth tell me

your tears those jerky kisses

The fine hair on your navel is decorated with multicolored feathers

They dance and you never know

how you long for someone to hug from behind

i understand you

from mm

I tried my best to be coquettish and couldn't live without

I want to be unforgettable I want to be remembered

Be a scar on the heart of every conceited man who pursues me

I am the wrath of the woman in the window

Slender figures and lace drapes conceal despair and stretch marks

I shine with sincerity and joy

Hope to experience my body and soul

easily torn apart and united with theirs

Their faces are full of joy

I kiss reverently

You do not know me

from bb

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  • Man #2: Wait, wait, wait. Look, I got something to tell you. I only have about $80 on me.

    Tangie: What are you talking about?

    Man #2: That's all I have. If you want to go to the ATM, we can do that.

    Tangie: You think I'm a hooker?

    Man #2: Aren't you?

    Tangie: No!

    Man #2: I'm sorry. I'm drunk.

    [starts laughing]

    Tangie: What is so funny?

    Man #2: I guess I'm just old-fashioned. What kind of woman picks a man up in a bar and brings him back to her place if she's not a hooker?

    Tangie: One that likes to fuck.

    [the man starts laughing again]

    Tangie: Don't laugh at me.

    Man #2: I'm sorry.

    Tangie: Don't laugh at me.

    Man #2: This is some sick shit.

    Tangie: You men with your double standards. You can do it, but a woman can't. Get out. *Get out*!

    Man #2: That's a good idea. You seem to do this too often to be healthy.

    Tangie: You think I have some kind of disease?

    Man #2: If it ain't in your body, it is definitely in your head.

    Tangie: You ain't one to judge me you son of a bitch!

  • Jo: I went to my gynecologist, and before you, every level in my body was fine.

    Carl: Baby, are you sick? Talk to me.

    Jo: Tell me the truth, Carl. Who have you been sleeping with?

    Carl: Jo, I promise you since... Since you and I have been together, I have not slept with another woman, and I promise you that.

    Jo: What about a man?

    Carl: What the fuck did you just ask me?

    Jo: I see the way you look at them when you think I'm not paying attention. I see it. The pool boy in the Hamptons, my driver, the guy the other night at the opera. I see it all, Carl.

    Carl: You have no idea how much I hate coming up into this motherfucking house sometimes. Every day, Joanna, if it ain't you telling me what to wear, how to look, calling the shots over my head.

    Jo: Are you gay?

    Carl: How you gonna ask me a question like that?

    Jo: How did you marry a woman, and then turn around and let a man bend you over?

    Carl: Ain't nobody bending me over.

    Jo: So you doing the bending? Is that what it is?

    Carl: I don't wake up holding another man, walking down the street holding some man's hands. That's gay, okay? That ain't me.

    Jo: You're saying a lie, Carl. You're saying a lot without saying nothing at all.

    Carl: I'm saying that your husband is a man, Jo. I'm a man every day of the week. I'm a man. I'm just a man who enjoys having sex with another man, Jo. No attachments, no fucking... No relationship, just sex, you know? That's what I'm saying, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Jo, for my truth.