pericoloso

i am attracted to dangerous men 

men with no plan & too much game

men who stand in doorways 
and lean 

musicians - all musicians are dangerous men

poets 
cowboys

men who wear button-fly 501's & drink Guinness

i want to be a groupie with the IRA

and sit amongst fierce madness & purpose

wear short skirts & no underwear

i am attracted to dangerous men

men with foreign accents & no last name

men who suck life in & laugh at speed

who whisper between thighs

and smell of jasmine & diplomaticos

i want to hold fast to his taunt back as we ride across some

saguaro pine mesa ... hold fast

and watch the sun rise up in the East

and scream at the top of my being 

that I am

          a Dangerous Woman