A poem in progress... no prizes for guessing where the inspiration for this one came from!
FABULOUS BROADS
And they are. I can't stop looking.
One day soon, I'll walk over, zip
into a spare skin, pat the tight
leather gloss of it with my hard red
nails, water tight. I'll do the splits,
juggle flaming torches, walk right
up to the bar on my spiked heels,
order drinks I can't pronounce, fire
my throat and turn to him, ask
if his smile is for me, knowing it is,
and we'll leave, just a flounce of hair
instead of a backwards glance.
I'll know what to say, what to do,
and it WILL be fabulous. Apart, that is,
from those times I won't let him find
the zip, hoping he'll stop tapping, late
at night, trying to feel his way
past, looking too long. One day soon.
This work by Sarah Salway is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
2 comments:
Very evocative - I keep thinking about what happens when the zip gives and the real flesh comes spilling out...well, it would in my case, anyhow.
Hey girl, unzip that snail shell - you know you want to! You're looking very well these days, btw!
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