ladies, the night is young, dark, and cold. outside, the fog is consuming the street, and the painted branches are peeling off the shadowy sky. inside, under the low lights, she is naked from the waist up, mascara flecking on her cheeks like frost on the window's glass, her necklace casting a dark, swaying morph on her collarbone. come further out this time. her voice is like cool silk on your goosebumps. you move to her through the black gulf. in the distance, there is saxophone reverberating on the surface of the water. the drums are closer, beneath you. you can feel them in the bottom of your feet. she calls to you from far off, lips and teeth grazing your neck: are you coming?