Helen of Troy: Her New Millennium

"The beauty's adventures never end . . ."

I. Here stands that same famous Helen of TroyWho lately fired men and ships, her towersForsaken like her promise to prince or king,For other loves deserted, different desires. Goddess-crowned, immortal, her beauty beamsGold on white beaches and fires the waves.Many...

Lily, I’m

"Spring is in bloom"

A blush--mysimple treasuregiven overto whomever catches--myartless eyein springtimeswimming blithe cross the streetswith lovers fullthis fluent heatwakes buds anew I’m pink nowwith desirefor you I’ll giftthis tingled fireif you catch meI'll unfurlfor softest kissthis secret pearl 

Alarm

"Something smolders beneath the chit-chat"

Coffee and cigarettessociable vicesI don’t smoke, alasbut you look so gracious sitting at my tablethat I can’t not inhale  your secondary smokeand something else besides(pheromonal or otherwise primal)or maybe it’s just the gray glitterof something ashen silveryet quietly smoldering(too faint...

Harness

"I couldn't say 'no'."

I’m a very good lover,not the most doting.I know what you needthough you’ll have to give over grief.your ring will be returned to youless lustrousonce you’ve been well-worn.out and about,safe and shroudedyou’ll remember this.what’s seen cannot be undone:your mental picturesyou’ve...

Not Too Subtle

"Open ears make for open arms"

sexy doesn’t have to be subtleit can be so sweet sometimesthoughts frazzle like candy flosswebs for forward fingersto flick apart-- inhibitionsgone birdbrained, extinct.no offense to the dinos:i’m convinced they were clever,quite. not me so muchthough. you’re telling meto “go with...

Adorn

"Becoming the perfect toy"

aspire to rusea techno dreamadorn myselffantastic queenaugmented lipspillowed plushsculpted abstoned tushyoga hipssight to touchinked bumshaved plumpo-mo poshpink and piercedin this flesh I etchexperimentsthis body whose?by bold desiremy candy gift,Your gold empire.

To Whom It May Concern

"Tacked to the cyber-refrigerator door"

This is just to say, dear,I’ve been searching up some porn!The day is drawn up grey and dimAnd I’ve been at it since the morn.Lord, the smutty images:The mind, it quite unhingesAnd that naughty monster Cupid’sLeft me feeling rather stupid...

Emily, Disaffected

"A moody coed's quest for love and sex"

The thing about insomnia is, your time isn't even Time anymore. Even if you get the same ration of hours, even a couple extra, they've become an inflated foreign currency: you can't buy nothing worth shit with them. I always...

Chat Across the Pond

"Birds cyber singing across the blue pond"

(for Sisters, in scholarly seclusion)* * * * * * * Rock chicks rub off on you. Punks, goths, ravers,Even tweecore wallflowers sipping tea (that’s me). Kettle whistles, I do too. Hers Replies. Yay! Glad I’ve set the second potOut....

The Fourth Date

"It can be a terrible milestone . . ."

It’s proverbial, just plain common sense,Practically the Eleventh Commandment,If not from God then the Holy Cosmo Catechism, that This being the fourth date, Celie’s getting lucky;Or, luck having nothing to do with it,Celie’s putting out. Like it or not. Sigh.Maybe...