"Scarlet is the only color you see"
I caught my glance in the glass againTonight-- just stole a peek the other hour.A minute ago, alright? You knowHow I can’t keep my eyes off the one I love? That hardness about the eyes,When did that steal in? Like...
"It takes humility to mop up on your knees"
My last boss said I should lay down doughFor some kneepads; I said maybe I should lawyer up, everybody’sSuch a comedian. But that’s spilt milk, Nobody’s crying. And I don’t needNo kneepads anyway. I don’t complain.Not that I’m a faultfinderMiss,...
"Three's company, and a crowd"
I could fuck myself with a smooth-cut stone,Plug my fingers inside some bubbling springTo swallow earth’s squirts or make mountains spew,So greedy my hands now, for you-- and you. With polite purpose I entered the game,Acknowledged set bounds were all...
"How to reconcile school and relationships"
I wipe the smug from my chin and fish for the key.I’m late again. I need the hall to myself a momentBefore we meet. It’s like a hum in the air, A rumble in the boards, this new thing between.At...
"If food be the food of love, love on"
My fantastic ideal would beTo be your Mexican housepoetess:Aztec princess, ceremonial heart-swiper,Gymnastically bilingual just as I am bisexual,A hot tamale in bedazzled headgear, pink plumage,Bronzed arms stained with the sex juice of my victims: see them laidOut upon the stairway to my...
"The enchantment of life under the sea"
(a companion-piece to "Ice Elation"; dedicated to sprite, who knows the life of the nymphs and other princesses, and has been owed an ode)* * * * * * * * These be nymphs I see. What sly wizardry,To rapture...
"Getting back to simple, homely delights"
(with thanks to Lainey, who offhandedly inspired the title)* * * * * * * Good God! Katy Perry in another latex dress:at least she’s had the decency to dye her hair,not just another disco wig. I’d be more impressedif...
"Lazy Sunday brunch and munch"
* * * * * * *you're irina, you were in that class, you slide down across from me. steel flashes in your tongue-- your sign.scribbled-up legal pad--that's mine. anotherday of show-and-tell in bohemia, what luck.but why is your poem in all...
"Wouldn't you like to be my good neighbour?"
for lainey and mare, good neighbours when i'm gone . . . * * * * * * *Cat on the ledge is mewingDrops on the pane are wetTea on the counter’s brewing,Just grab my goth heels and I’m set--...
"Summer love at sunrise"
Desire makes for a wave-lashed bedOn which we writhe and crack and cleaveSpritzed and sprayed with sea and sex,Tangled with tidal love we weaveWith no rest, no respite. KissesCross like sodden clouds, an endlessStorm of scorching dew. Lust’s nestLeaves its...