Passion and Poison

The priest staged his custom glance

across each pew,

then back to stance.

Lording over his worshippers,

with a timely pause and whisper.

Front row Vixen, mesmerized

by his cocktail of truth and lies

held captive during vespers,

with a timely pause and whisper.

In waterfall survival mode

she came to break Da Vinci’s code

guitar, or trophy…a clue stirs

with a timely pause and whisper.

By Christine Wichman c. November 2014