you stepped into my whitewashed world
with your sin skin spin
and sensual strut stuff
those bad boy biker boots
dancing your “tempt say-tion” words
before my shuttered eyes

i wore seven veils
draped for the demure
but they could not hide
what you said you saw
and would i dance for you too?
Letting them fall to reveal my heaven

it was awkward at first
but you played such lovely music
that my body took to sway your way
bare foot and bangled
with gypsy song longing
and tambourine dreams

then i too saw
the she that lurked in the shadows
always having danced in private
longing for some adoring eyes
and willing hands
to pry the veils away

s.a.t.