Exotica

[tectak]

Ooh, I do love a twisted narrator. There's a certain sing-songy quality to the poem that adds to the creepiness. I'm also getting a strong "Lolita" vibe. I might not have picked up on the reformed sexual predator concept if you hadn't included that preface, although the last stanza has very clear intentions. A few parts I'm unsure about:
"Your sky-high eyes bore black  in blue, like holes in  crumpled silver foil,"
>>But are holes in crumpled silver foil actually black and blue? The imagery creates a certain feeling (tin-foil hats come to mind), but I can't visualize it in connection with eyes. She is high on crystal or somesuch. ( Here is a dale warning. Not heroin. In joke) Dilated pupils black on the pale blue cornea...silver foil reference is back to the drugs paraphenalia. Lighter, tin foil etc. That is all.
"you play the contact game so well"
>>For me, the adjective "contact" distracts from the lyrical/flirty tone here. Perhaps it's just not suggestive or physical enough of a word in comparison to "aching breasts," "recoil," and "transmit." There's no real sexual energy to it. I was trying to allude to contact "sports". Physical contact. Failed
"Exotica, erotica, I look at you and change my mind…
Why are you here? Go somewhere safe. I cannot help you rest in peace.
You do not know where I have been, or how long I have been confined.
Please help her, someone…take her home, for it is I that needs release."
>>Do you mean for the tone shift from the first and second line to be so abrupt? If so, it's effective, as the narrative switches from "song lyrics" to dialogue, like someone abruptly stopping a record to exclaim something. I'm not sure how I feel about the third line either, but I think the implications of the last clause are interesting, and the strong sexual connotation of the word "release" provides nice emphasis.

Thanks for all this. You got it and me. "Contact game " is too wide of the mark. You were right, however, about the last paragraph. According to reports, after the guys "release", he described having a Damascus moment with his last encounter and handed himself in, asking for help. The case was reported locally as public interest as he only served  only one of three years, convicted of sexual predation with an unnamed minor. He was never proven to have committed rape in law.
Thanks again
Best,
tectak