Teaching a lesson I stop for an instant
To think that a blessing could wipe my hands clean
Watching her dancing from sunlight to snake bite
Her kiss was an angel her dance was a dream
Sleeping beside me an unknown compulsion
To act in an instant forgive nothing more
Stripping me naked of words unattended
She lied when she ached for my face at her door
Back in the church they were watching and wondering
How I could take an adulterous bride
Never confessing her conscious or conduct
They watched my invention start taking her vows
Stealing a line from the Saturday paper
And feeling her tap shoes shaking the floor
Saying out loud I thought she was faking
And watching her watching me eyeing the door