Aces and Eights Press Her Thighs in the Bible

floor press
anchored to
the  wood boards
treadle working the flywheel
the type chandler and price old style
the more she pumps the more pussy inks
one of the boldest religious lies she has been
called upon to chronicle,

scandal extra extra
read all about it - hawker
stops the wagons - horses
halt - a church mouse rolls over
on its back and kicks its legs

butter churn on
the porch spills its
load - livery stable blacksmith
pumps the bellows hotter coals
preacher's wife meets the mistress
upon the mattress fuck the heathen
woman as strong as sunday morning's
coffee on the stove - press her thighs in
the bible spread her petals to dry

gallows at high
noon hanging an
outlaw the rope tightening
around his white collar kick
the weight of the sandbags
out from under - preacher's wife
has her orgasm

the old rugged
cross preacher's
mule prays someone
comes along to untie
it bray if it may we see it
change colors turn from brown
to gray

saloon whiskey
whores of sunday
rattlesnake in a closed
jar - can you keep your hand
still against the jar when it strikes -
aces and eights press her thighs in
the bible spread her petals to dry

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist