Lisa Cantwell

noir portrait

i business end of a midday tryst
i mistress who can take a rummy punch
i punching bag in chiaroscuro
i tortoiseshell shades to block the bruises
i theme song transition in a minor key
i exterior shot of hardboiled city life
i walk of shame in a navy trench coat
i dramatic pause in profile
i triple coin toss in the fountain
i high angle shot of flop joint door
i raw ribeye to cut the swelling
i Pall Malls and black coffee to feather dust the cobwebs
i product place and metaphor mix
i uncharacteristic moment of clarity
i cold cream come to Jesus moment in the mirror
i fatal flaw: sugar daddy complex
i exit strategy over iceberg wedge
i extra blue cheese
i alibi in blue fountain pen
i arsenic along the décolletage
i hot pink corset and cheetah dress
i bumpy cab ride without a seat belt
i fifty foot femme
i bearskin rug ride him
i kitten heel crush him like a cockroach
i ice-veined smile
i crime mise-en-scène
i Clairol back to my natural mousy
i Max Factor the black and blue
i daytime look and nude lip
i jacquard kerchief and paisley pedal pushers
i getaway bag stuffed with socked away dough
i all bases covered and chronograph synchronized
i greyhound bus to a new city
i sloe gin fizz with a plot twist
i codename fatale
I arguably unreliable narrator