Stray Cats

in secret, in public
            in a black dress and
                        new skin
she was near him
                        in public
he was in her
                        in secret
in secret, in public
            in a black dress and
                        white skin

straying, like a cat
            in an alley, in secret
            white hand on the black dress
                        in secret
            through the public music
when it strayed from the stage
this public secret
            came, white-fingered
            on a black dress to
                        her secret

in secret, in public
            she was near him
in secret, her neck bent
            and she took him
in public, this music
            was sex, a secret
            on white skin
            in a black dress

and she knew
                        the secret
                        in public

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