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My Mary Magdalene
I drove the demons from your depths,let you weep as you watched my death,and as you sleep in your silky sheets,I drop into your dreams for one last kiss.You were the only saint to save me,painting your masterpiece across my cheeks with a tender hand,and we walked across the world,until time told us that we…
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Woody Woodpecker
I decided to travel through time today.Taking myself to that tree in my old back garden, four houses ago,back when I would perch on the branches like a lovesick, precocious owl.I used to write you stories,sweet scenes that I could never really enjoy,but pushed myself to provide anyway,because I loved you,(you don’t need me to…
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Cursed and Curious
Deep in the woods,disguised by splintered branches and the shadows they show me,I saw him.Torn tatters of my terror on the tip of my tongue,a scream that does not come,my destructive demons are back at the border to his world,and there has never been enough of my soul left to save me.I wait for him…
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Trophy Wife
I will be breathless,when my love is done with me.I am not her first. She is gentle, slow,strange mix of careful and rash,savouring my taste. I am always hers,all I ever do is stay.She has killed before.
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Once Bitten…
My mother doesn’t ask where I go at night,when the moon is high and healthy.She just asks that I put my clothes in a white vinegar bath when I arrive home. Nothing is said about torn wallpaper,and the entrails that trail along the carpet,to my bedroom,the scratches along the frame of the door where the…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 