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Lauren Brazeal: Cherry Baby

November 8, 2012 by PBQ

Cherry-Baby,

What was your mantra?
       Sometimes you’ve gotta suck a little cock

to get what you want. When I say that now,
       people look at me in repulsion.

No one understands better than you
       that we’re all whores at brass tacks. I try to remember where

I last saw your silhouette: was it robed
       in sunlight, smiling on a pier? Even the ocean

was greedy for a fondle, and would have swallowed
you whole like an antipsychotic or a heroin balloon.

Darling, lay back on the settee. Let the rabbit-fur collar kiss
your neck’s stubbled skin. We’ll forget

your lipstick is smudged and your mascara
        is running. We’ll forget you’ve broken

a heel. Have a petit-four and a cup of tea.
        We’ll talk boys and pretend they’ve been civil.

Filed Under: Contributors 85, Issue 85, Poetry, Poetry 85 Tagged With: Contributors 85, Lauren Brazeal, Poetry, Poetry 85

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