good god look
at the indifferent loaf
grey dinner with martini
ice shards rudely clinking
i promised to clip his curtains
the dangling lace
color of eggs
yes congratulations
to a fantastic daughter
cool cold cash with the lemons
pacing with two vibrators
deciding
yes gorgeous
my young womb
tarred and seeded
in my memory i'm wearing leggings
praying for his elbow to somehow hit
my breasts
i licked the hollandaise
as a bribe
rearranged the unimportant
flowers, starved
married, too!
how ugly
**
the ballroom with paper
anemones hung
up in a stiff display
the punch shivering
in silver bowls
a moldy girl
with copper hair and minced meat
freckles
sat moaning in the corner
desirous to see the
strange things of the world
sat weeping in the corner
eeeeeeaaaaarrrrrkkkhhhh!
she said
i'm practicing
she said
**
SOFIA BANZHAF is the author of Pony Castle (Metatron, 2015). She is a writer, actress and filmmaker currently residing in Toronto.
