Cherry Red Sin

The cold wet winter snow was covering our naked skins.

I was 17 years old..
A photographer at a vacation resort.
Taking beautiful pictures..
She wore a pair of purple converse sneakers..
We watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show together.
A black girl from Harlem on a weekend vacation.
A white boy from UpState NewYork.

In the backseat of my 1967 Firebird parked in a snow covered field where horses run free.

She’s Bareback riding me. To a Prince song..

It was Saturday night, I guess that makes it alright..

What have I got to lose !?

The Frozen foggy windows..
She bites my ear.. What’s her name !?

She strokes my 4 speed shifter handle
Slides it back into gear.
All cars have a name !

I’ve never been with a white boy before you.
I gave her my black leather jacket and told her she really needed to see the stars..
She wrapped her soft legs around my waist.
I carried the weight of our forbidden Love.
Laying her down across 400 horsepower of raging American muscle.
We’re FUCKING in the freezing rain.

She said.. The stars are so beautiful tonight.
We really need to give our baby a name !?

Her First name.. Cherry !
Her Middle name.. Red !
Her Last name.. Sin !