J.J. Campbell- Two Poems

temptation slowly taking the stage

desire drips

off her lips

like honey

temptation

slowly taking

the stage

all the curves

in all the right

places

she must be

new at this

not a cynical

scar anywhere

on her

you tuck in 

a few dollars

knowing that

given some

time

she'll be beaten

like the rest of

them

broken down to

the point where

you think you

may just have

a chance

pure evil

i almost forgot

what pure evil

looked like

but then your

venomous head

popped back up

in my life

it's quite the fine

line you walk

being pure evil

while convincing

the whole world

you're the real

victim

one fine line when

you don't possess

the motor skills

to walk and chew

gum at the same

time

and as i sit here

and ponder my

next move

simply ignore or

have you

institutionalized,

i can't help

but think both

of us secretly

wish that killer

on the loose in

your state makes

his way up north

and does the right 

thing and put you

out of your misery

J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?) lives and writes on an 80 acre farm in Ohio. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at Carcinogenic Poetry, The Camel Saloon, Zygote In My Coffee, Thunder Sandwich, and Nerve Cowboy. His first full length collection of poems, Sofisticated White Trash, is due out in 2013 from Interior Noise Press. You can find J.J. most days on his blog, evil delights (http://evildelights.blogspot.com).