girling
i met a man last
night with coyote
eyes and sharp
hairs above his lip
i will see him again
tonight my mother
says he plays his guitar
behind his back
i will red my lips he does
not know my last name
or sensation of my chest
pressed against me secret
hand of cards all
one black incompatible
suit but we can
play wedding all i want
never mind the razor
i took to my lip
yesterday or the cut
of my deltoids under silk
pop a breathmint
invent new cryptids
look just past him
not too cruel
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Love this opening stanza and your line breaks throughout are wild! Yes! … Do you work at Apiary?! I’m friends with Mea and Sarah so, if so, hello and I think I’ve seen you in passing! If not, hello anyway! : )
i don’t work there, no, but thank you and hello!!
neverperiod
foreveraloof.
nice work.
my mother
says he plays his guitar
behind his back
dang, mom always knows
so happy to read your work again!
Wow. Very well done.
Soooo gorgeous, as always
hi lillian bramble
Beautiful in its simplicity/complexity
I love the way the rhythm dances in this poem! Very playful, yet with serious undertones!
I’m learning after all these years of forgetting…