There is madness
               deep inside

She warns
               upfront, offers
no guarantees

while a choir of chills
         rattles her spine

desire rumbles
          under her skin
          his name heavy
          across her tongue

panic careens as
           passion escapes –
        
 She sees
           his lazy grin and
           closes her eyes. 

Written fordVerse, where Lillian asks us to write a quadrille with the word “careen”in 44 words.