liar liar
by @roberta-compton-rainwater
decades after the ceremony
truth washed the plaque of fantasy
from my romanced brain
espoused
I read the lies
using romance-colored fantasy
fantasy clings and numbs
becomes a barbed penis
in a gorilla war
something dies
only to emerge
from the cocoon of barbed fantasy
with under-developed wings
flightless
vulnerable as a butterfly
awaiting her wings to strengthen
something lives
c. 2025 Roberta Compton Rainwater