me

soft lips; fingertips
the ring in her nose; silver
the simple sister

shhhhh

cherry tomato's
popped between teeth between skin
red lips and maybe

august

dog days of summer
even the ground sweats and drips
refusing relief

influence

she lives in my head
she chastises and rattles
she is my mother

diernal

screaming from within
smiling on the outside; faux
always on the edge

house wife

overwhelmed easy
she reminds herself to breathe
dinner needs cooking

grocery shopping

the cucumbers look
strangely like a penis sale
vegetable market

sunday

new york times tattoo
gray skys and blue skys and you
coffee with soy milk

regrets

that I never said
that I never wanted more
that I never did

shadows and light

rainstorms and lightning
fragmented life fantasy
powder and lip gloss

missing

there is a hole here
a missing part of myself
I was born that way

menopause

Don't sleep anymore
a fire burns inside my skin
my hair is more gray

unemployed

I live in my head
lost sometimes in endless halls
of life from before.

Lunch with Linda

Noodles, peanut sauce
Sweet and simple like something
I would make at home.

chica

one hot tamale
she had jalapeno lips
the burns; 3rd degree

3am

at 3 the rain stops
sleep a possibility
I ponder the thought

religion

I am not less than
I am not more than you are
I am not jesus

Gunther

Horned and bearded beast
he came when she touched him
she gave him away

2 beers

I am not lost here
if I am not here at all
I am not lost here

relationship

crimson lipped smile
stay for a while she whispers
drown your sorrows here.

tues

I am responsive
barely; left on life support
brain dead depression

sad

2 am rain; sounds
like the beating of my heart
and the teardrop drips

Machelle Barmore July 26th 2008

Lost without Junior
She made her way back to him
Find peace in your loss