Paula Thomas

Heat Wave

hips swaying
like mango leaves
in the afternoon breeze
3 am tease at some smoke joint
head sweet on rum and tonic water
my lover stands back
watching me in the corner with you
making music between my thighs
sneaking quick feels
between beats
baby this is some kind of heat wave I’m feeling
that no air-con going to take care of it tonight

i want to take this moment home
caress it on my bed
write a trilogy from our sweat
taste ink juice on my tongue
fill some sex poem’s vibe
that goes something like this
and baby this is some kind of heat wave I’m feeling
that no fan can take care of tonight
pimp juice
no more like ink juice
going to write it inside this verse
yours and if you don’t object yours as well
and tell me something
if I were to blindfold you
and take you home
would you lie between
my lover and i
cause baby this is some kind of heat wave I’m feeling
that no 3 finger word-play can take care of tonight

cause straight up
i’d like to sip a double cocktail
feel it slide down like…
i hope you catch this drift
as i lick my lips
fingering the possibilities in my head
of your coming and yours
after my giving
cause baby this is some kind of heat wave I’m feeling
that the 2 of you can take care of tonight.

December 2007
Red Pulp Underground

i’ve spent many lonely nights crying
many lonely nights in tears
trouble like water under the bridge
telling me things that I don’t wish to know
the caroni river overflows
and traffic is piled up for hours
just like these emotions inside my head
just like these emotions inside my head

the church says don’t do this it’s wrong
the church says don’t do that it’s wrong
and the church says don’t you dare
love your own reflection
men in robes telling me what to do
men in robes telling me who to love
and how do I choose
living in a Christian world
when it’s you that keeps me sane
when night falls
you that keeps me safe
when all else fails

if I shatter this reflection they’ll win
tired of writing loves notes in the fire
tired of reading ashes in the dawn
i hear hypocrisy has a new name in town
tell me something father
what is it you tell those little boys
do you tell them to climb
the staircase to your heaven
do you make them say
10 hail mary’s full of grace
so that they can be saved
since you’re the closest thing
to God.

December 2007