After committing the forbidden act <br />Totally without remorse or conscience <br />She paused then licked the blade, <br />From back to edge <br />Along the diagonal <br />From heel to tip <br />Cold smooth steel, <br />Across the coarse textured tongue <br />Risked the wound of muted silence <br />Condemnation and isolation, <br />Cautiously peered guiltily around the room <br />Grew confident by being undetected <br />Energized with unfettered bravado <br />Perpetuated another blow <br />Plunged the blade deeper and twisting <br />Decisively withdrawing it to her lips <br />She was free <br />Overwhelmed with a sense of elation <br />Untouchable and above the law <br />The blade glinted menacingly, <br />She removed the jam cleanly.<br /><br />Danny Draper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sweetest-crime/
