That Outfit Is Smart Because It References Pamela Des Barres
Gina Abelkop
I walk
like a bent eye
On the road
at night
I pass
them by ….. Soft
statues lit artificial
know
to wait
Solicitous eye
passing through
with bad face ….. Acrid breath
dead flower smell dead
flower water
greening
in the vase
….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. Purple atop
I give in to my bed
to my dog
licking blood from blue sheets
try to write the dream
where I paid
in credit
at the 1940s store
left with three big hats baby
blue leather shoes ….. Embarrassed
to go home
admitting
I’d only traveled back
to shop ….. Truthfully
that is what I’d do ….. What else
would I do
but meet people
Feel the difference
in the air ….. shop
From I Eat Cannibals
Available from co•im•press
& Small Press Distribution
Gina Abelkop is the author of I Eat Cannibals (co.im.press, 2014), Darling Beastlettes (Apostrophe Books, 2012) and Trollops in Love (dancing girl press, 2011). She is the founder and editor of Birds of Lace, a DIY feminist press born in 2005 and currently based in Athens, GA.
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