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Doctor’s Visit
The boy no longer clings to my waist.I wish he was,because this room smells sterile in a way that makes me unsettled,and it would be so uncouth to cling to you,as our tears fall,and a man tells us what we already know.I don’t know how I will tell the boy. He’s a man, now,but every…
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Tomorrow Won’t Be Like Tonight
Once the night has fallen,the day you have lived is lost.I’ve told you this,so many times,that of course,I expect everyone to know,but I still shine, forlorn under the glowing moon,with eyes, wide like my hips,my lips treated to the taste of my salty, insatiable tears.I always forget,that when the sun sets,there is nothing left but…
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Michael H
I bought you a cherry cola when we stopped for gas outside the city borders,you looked bored, my shades atop your head,my bubble gum lost in your jaws,until, of course, you saw the Adonis behind the counter, saving for college, blushing a little, but flashing a smile,as you waved like Queen Cleopatra. Your eyeliner was…
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The Vanity Of The Violet Divinity
I am lost in my reflection, painting away my pain, ebony across my eyelids and pink paint on my soft lips. This is just the vanity of the violet divinity, with my eyelashes thunderous and thick, throat full of codeine that tampers with my whisky dreams. Dreams where I am not defined by what I…