our queen on the northwest stage

By Sonam Kaloti, Arts Editor

 

slurred voices and some sort of

Rum                                 or vodka

apple spilled dripping on our matching fits of

Everything skin

decorated with glitters,

perlers,

beading eyes

Zephyr frost not on our summer skin

but on our frost-bitten conscious decisions, our

Zodiacs are aligning, fiery aries, aquarius, look up and

 

sizzle with my drink doused in more

champagne or some other sort of

substance, sticky sweet

scent of your grapefruit pink

lips, too soft, and i’m hoping

i’ll never see them again.

how embarrassing to have

forgotten your name

like you did mine,

for m