Jackie
by khf
A bruised body
A shattered body
A ghost
lashed to the hooves of a
carnal beast
crushing the sunlight
wedged in the grass.
A bruised body
A shattered body
My enemy
Cruel
Vindictive
Bones
REBEL
meting out “what-for”
A riot of angry welts
ride fat and mean
on purple blooms.
The summer bounce
of good humor
and high spirits
Birds. Kids.
Ladies in bathing suits and pin curls.
Sweet tea
splashing over ice cubes
in a tumbler of Libby glass.
A hard squeeze of lemon…
bitter and beautiful
as the sun
I cannot see.
khf
9.2.22
by khf
A bruised body
A shattered body
A ghost
lashed to the hooves of a
carnal beast
crushing the sunlight
wedged in the grass.
A bruised body
A shattered body
My enemy
Cruel
Vindictive
Bones
REBEL
meting out “what-for”
A riot of angry welts
ride fat and mean
on purple blooms.
The summer bounce
of good humor
and high spirits
Birds. Kids.
Ladies in bathing suits and pin curls.
Sweet tea
splashing over ice cubes
in a tumbler of Libby glass.
A hard squeeze of lemon…
bitter and beautiful
as the sun
I cannot see.
khf
9.2.22
