DARKLING DEAREST
black eyes pig tails
if there was only
green left i’d miss pink
little darkling
the weight
of your fate
hangs heavy
the loudest slap
you’ve ever heard
rings out
nonno’s handprint on your cheek
much louder than
mommy’s slaps
and much harder
the snowflakes are
raging against
your captivity little darkling
i get it ! nonno
taught mommy
to hit and now
they’re teaching me
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Winter 2010
WHAT IF PINK RUNS OUT ?
Girls with pink hats & matching coats
approach me each time I walk into the store
Gliding blandness evil Olsen-twin sneers
They never say a word just eye me quizzically
Last night as they approached I could barely
breathe What can this dream possibly mean ?
Are these nameless faceless Pinkettes a divine sign ?
Will this be my fate should I take a job at a store
named after a french rat ? Always hard to know
Yet that shade of pink calls out tantalizingly Poet Poet climb aboard !
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Spring 2013
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