
*
Becky is beautiful
but kind and cruel,
in turns.
*
Her eyes flash when I call her a vamp,
and when I bad mouth her boyfriend.
“You make me laugh,” she says, “can I kill you?”
*
She has the hair of a teenage friend,
the eyes of an old love, the profile and
features of a desirable aunt, the body of
the goddess Parvati, and a smile like paradise.
*
Her mischief resembles that of a childhood adversary.
“I’m going to turn you into an ass,” she smiles.
*
Her hoot face is reserved for her most cunning lies,
“I thought I’d see you there,” yet she still
succeeds in soothing the situation.
*
‘Does she really sleep with him?’
*
“I’m sorry about your Grandad,”
she says, like Mum at such times.
*
Warmth floods the room…