.

idols

.

.

Portrait/Untitled

.

Smudged creases from age

make up the background

shadows hang still behind her,

brows neglected from tweezing,

squinted eyes

jaded lines by those

sparkling orbs

yet still so young,

strands of hair

covering her ear

resembles a cauliflower blossom,

and that chilling smile,

corners turned up

to perfection

with a slight gap

between her front teeth.

.

That dark forest floral

patterned dress,

necklace hanging over it

looming like a creature

ready to attack from

behind the blackness,

the eyes

the smile

(probably looking at Ted)

pointed chin

curled bangs

two dimples

ponytail

gone.

.

.

Scorpios/Astrology

.

Her 6 legs,

her poisonous fangs

hide so many hidden

pains, agendas,

astrological secrets, giving away

her constellations that

are mapped so high in the sky.

.

And the lion prowled,

her protector,

pacing up and down

back and forth,

only worrying about his fragile insect,

her delicate sanity

hanging by wispy threads.

.

But Scorpios are harder to handle,

not even thick lions’ manes can

protect everyone.

It’s not his fault.

Scorpio has taken the plunge.

She’s drowned,

not you.

.

.

Reviving Writer Girl

.

So they say Ted destroyed her.

I disagree.

She was running long before,

fires consuming flesh, putting on

facades of perfect bliss

while writer girl knelt in the corner,

reading braille, having to relearn

everything,

so deprived- all of that anger fed

instead

of her,

thrown out to the wolves in tatters

where she was beaten bloody like

a doll,

having to deal with fakeness until

she was brought back

.

she's disconnected,

she's off the hook,

(ted throws out the fox)

into the wilderness-

a bleak winter of fruitless trees.

.

she's crying endlessly.

when will he lift up his foot?

she's alone and choking,

it's time to let her breathe.

.

(the fox grins wildly as he gnashes teeth

into tainted skin.)

.

we think she's choked enough.

.

.

structured

silence