4/30/11
a.)
caves of women
lips that swallow fruit
**** down holiness
strange tangled legs
vines of disoriented youth
b)
i met her at a beauty supply shop
smacking gum& bad bleach
hum
cherry lipstick pink
i grabbed her hand
& took her out back
amongst the dumpsters
& orchid trees
the orchard of our sour tongues
swung like a noose
in the sea
see
unsee
her blue contacts dried
a shovel by her side
this is what it means to
be alive
wanting but not waiting to do die
shoveling out a tombstone name
trying to force yourself
backwards in time
to make people & beauty stay
on the broken ground we lay
asphalt & fertilizer
the afternoon sun
stinging shadows on our
eyes
red, blk, white
she is speaking
lips part like a c l a m
braces shining with spit
the whole of human history
in her imprint
“can you…”
her soft fingers stroke
my face
indent stories
slow mo
i’m by her waiste
cars & dogs rustle
brown clouds shoot
from factories
& hover in our hearts
her fingers taste like
hunger & salt
“…. go faster?”
fun so fast
hoping to make
it stop.
(all)
May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011 at 8:05 AM UTC
4/30/11
a.)
caves of women
lips that swallow fruit
**** down holiness
strange tangled legs
vines of disoriented youth
b)
i met her at a beauty supply shop
smacking gum& bad bleach
hum
cherry lipstick pink
i grabbed her hand
& took her out back
amongst the dumpsters
& orchid trees
the orchard of our sour tongues
swung like a noose
in the sea
see
unsee
her blue contacts dried
a shovel by her side
this is what it means to
be alive
wanting but not waiting to do die
shoveling out a tombstone name
trying to force yourself
backwards in time
to make people & beauty stay
on the broken ground we lay
asphalt & fertilizer
the afternoon sun
stinging shadows on our
eyes
red, blk, white
she is speaking
lips part like a c l a m
braces shining with spit
the whole of human history
in her imprint
“can you…”
her soft fingers stroke
my face
indent stories
slow mo
i’m by her waiste
cars & dogs rustle
brown clouds shoot
from factories
& hover in our hearts
her fingers taste like
hunger & salt
“…. go faster?”
fun so fast
hoping to make
it stop.
(all)
