Turning Heads - Short Poem Prompt @thepoetslist

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She's mastered the art of turning heads
Craning necks
Vexed by imaginings of her strewn about her bed
Lips red
Smeared with last night's mistakes
They burn her at the stake
For their own guilt in double takes
Fake recompense for mild indiscretions
And perverse insolence

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