Tag: poetry

Poem: Sho(v)e|s

my revolution wears dirt like lipstick and god d|ess the blood is gorgeous if you’d just get close enough to taste my scrapes under gauze & plaster I fell on the ice again in practical shoes I’m not authentic —…

Poem: Drinking Games

enough whiskey for the vampire to get drunk off me enough wine to believe he prays for my forgiveness enough beer to cry in stranger’s lap —your eyes look dark —we’ve been out all night not enough champagne to make  connection…

Poem: What Keeps Me Awake

his bones resurface from the ashpit whenever I think I’ve crushed his final nib & forklifted more lush flames onto his grounds last week it was a hand passed itself up through char & cupped compacted crater lip clunk clunk…