Darling Tony

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Slick lips,
nectar sweet,
backwards teeth,
cavernous at the core,
he is patient as a pitcher-plant.

This is a One-Line Poem for Chalkboard’s Prompt: Waiting by Harper Thorpe

About the Author

Owen Banner spent his childhood baptized in the red dirt of Mandeville, Jamaica and his adolescence in the neon morass of Manila in the Philippines. He’s lived in or traveled to countries all over the planet, nourished by people and cultures. These diverse voices plant the seeds of his stories, which twist genre and seek new perspectives. Discover more at owenbanner.com.