him

he makes me
imagine
hand sewn
seed pearls
on
white sleeves
and what it
means
to be
loved.

his glance
is a gift,
a glass galaxy
boxed
in promise
and collaged
across my
iris

he is my
every
possibility,
and I,
his
Isis
to birth
bird baths of
beauty for us
to swim in.

we create
a honey space
of loving embrace
to bask
in each other's
grace

and all
I have left is

thanks.

oil change

he polishes
a soft cloth
carwash
wax
on
and
off
across
this physique.

make me
squeak,
mr. mechanic.

no need to
clean
this
dirty
interior;
press those
fingers
like piano
keys
across
my
leather
spine
and make
my horn
beep.

let them
hear us
across the
street
and pump
it through
morning
till birds

tweet.

Jesus Saves

catholic girl
guilt
quilts
her conscience
in plaid
fabric
and patent
mary janes.

jesus saves,
mary jane.

stiff collars
alter
offer
alcohol and Him
original sin
virgins
all
embedded within.

stiff collars
bother
the
blossoming
skin
where
her hickeys
are finished.

alters
of
soft carpet
to worship his
dick.

offers
impart
wetness
from her
dark
garden

alcohol and him
pound a gospel
of sins
through her
skin

original sin
licks
her insides

virgins
and all that
pure shit
sit
at opposite
places of this
space.

Grace be to God.

bruised fruit

she bruises too
easily.

this plumage
of blue
blooms
a booming
fruitful
suit fabric.

a bruise suit.

a first base
suitcase
just in case
this pain
escapes
this laced
frame
main stay,
a playplace
briefcase
attache
attached sad
face.

a displaced sad
face
mental case
she
needs this space
to set ablaze
this blemish,
a blueish
contusion
of wounds
that winds
this
watermelonwoman
rind.

she is so
unsweet
to this
bruised
fruit
to which she
hikes her
unlaced
steel toed
boots.
an unkind rewind
rewards
from behind
while
watermelonwoman's
rind
cries.

broken
blood
vessels
sting
grief.

she
repeats
these
injuries
too easily

evening the score

his
bad battery
acid
blasts
scald
insults
upon this skin,
a sick
sin
indigenous
to your lips.
pick your
lick of
invectives
to stick
into my spine;
twist like
pins,
laugh through
my cries
and send
mad acid
tears
to ravage
revenge
with my
pen.

to you
this shit is
worthless;
my success
gathers in
phrases
unafraid
of emotional
access.
I spin
a poetic
axis
to take an ax
across
these
lacerations
you've
lashed at
me.

I'll bash
your battery
to bleed badly
and write a toast
to boast
my new bloody
lottery.

I'll roast
marshmallows
over this
corpse


you'll see

interrupter

please excuse
my loquacious
nature,
whatever it was
I had to say,
sir,
is no match
for your
more important
matters.
can't
you back
faster
to flee this
disaster
that drips
from my lips?
has this discussion
slipped your
grip?
don't trip
on this nondescript
loss of interest
listed as
your prescription.
skip a sense
of ethics,
a well mannered
moral code
doesn't sleep
soundly in
your unhumble
abode.

so just go.
find
someone else's
time to
blow.
I'll rhyme
wicked flow
to own alone
and soak
in something
you could
have known.

sweet stuff

I must profess
an obsession:
the things
you should do
to
bed me.

sweep
your eyes
across me
while I'm
watching.
like this
sight.

say I smell
sweet
and accidentally
touch me.
say this skin
is soft
and linger
those fingers
upon it
a little too
long

feed the
first bite
of sweets
to me;
remember
I love
peanut butter
and cheese.

charge
lilacs
on your
credit card;
I'll let
these legs
a little off
guard.

babe
and beautiful
bear fruit
for fucking;
feed me these
treats
and I'll be at
your feet.

brush
fallen
locks of bronze
from my face
and trace
my skin
to the nape
of my
neck,
kiss me
someplace
I didn't
expect

listen
while I'm
talking
(though I promise
to exhaust you)
and know
how I take my
coffee.

make lame
jokes
only we
own,
and tell me
I'm gorgeous,
even with
morning breath.

complete
these
necessities
and you'll have
me fallen
head over
feet.