she allowed me to paint
vulgar words across her stomach in
lipstick.
and it all started innocently enough.
i really just wanted to write something
backwards,
so when she looked in the mirror
it could stare back clearly.
But
She insisted,
and persisted in her pleas
that i lighten up and do it already.
So i lifted up her shirt and began to write
"fuck 'o the irish"
but it ended up looking more like
"ficho otherish"