Her Bone White Hands

Nuptials wrung from ingratiated hand Purloined hope dripping from each strand Pristine fibers with leased value you did brand Quilted folds of ivory now your treasured contraband Bleached residual your selfish honor did demand With sinewy clutches my graceful cusps remand Your jealous stock, with annual annuity planned Gangrenous envy flowed from your jading band Opal plains with silky troughs now desert quicksand Denuded tendrils cannot your cool, callous touches withstand Now Praying Mantis shells encrusted on a barren island Cracked, bleeding cavities deeded to your wasteland