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Flashback – Ms Franklin
I flew above my head,smiling down on what we were.I kissed her, higher and higher,until the sky asked us to get a room.
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Bakery
Blue shirt, blue sweater, brazen in the bakery, with your deep blue eyes, and all the lies I know you’ll lay on me, winking and waving, as my will is waning. You wax lyrical about how much you like my lyrics, licking your lips as you trace mine with your painted fingertips, nails blue, a…
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Flashback – Writing To Carol
From girl to wolf woman,it was your turn to lead.In the woods,short skirts and stanzas.Though you were miles away. Saw you in London, once.Hiked up Covent Garden.They did ask,and yes, poetry.From your throat, to my core. If I’m to ever know,or if I never do,I have grown.Under watchful words,not intended for me. I planned for…
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No Means No
I tell you “No means no”, but you know that I’m lying, you know that I’m trying to be wooed and pursued, that “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” kind of vibe, and it’s cold, girl, outside your flat, and inside it too, so come check my body for tattoos (I don’t have any, but I won’t…