Opal Born Inside Out
Halley's comet is electrocuted
every first semester, as paper cuts
feel mock adult limbs;
bedroom chess to occupy the mind and body
in front of Che Guevara.
Doesn't matter honey -
We are the Renaissance.
Shit
bites the stale coffee, the lecture notes
tumbling down
the dresses,
hands become hasty calculators
and calendars have suddenly run away.
Zoot suit is a comfy cell
but limbs flap easily in the stomach
and heaven knows how long
you'd have to slop up after it?
last night's patent shoes
seem suitable and swallow all,
take more than the doctor's advice -
paranoid feminist with plastic applications.
Shit.
What if you go somewhere with a galaxy?
Thought Police is a drinking game
to chat without a hint of double entendres.
Trend fascist
seeped through and raped your Catholic heart,
blue tacking incoherence over the walls, frightened.
With your eyes open, you see marble,
with your eyes closed, you see mess.
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thu 30th Jul 2009 10:18
God, you're good. Sorry it took so long to recognize it.