How I Would Paint Temptation

First, I would paint

One ruby red apple

Hanging from a tree,

Two candy colored packs

Of cigarettes unsmoked,

Six bottles of merlot

Sitting on a shelf,

And twelve unspread legs

Standing under blood red lights.

Then, I would paint

Crumpled all-black clothes

On sneaky satin sheets,

Half a dozen corks

On a marquina marble counter,

An unclear crystal ashtray

Full of charred remains,

And one ruby red apple

Sitting in your hand.