Call (C:) and Response (R:)C: Hey pretty baby won’t you come my way, I got somethin’ I wanna sayR: Oh honey darlin’ I can’t stay, I better get on my wayC: Come my wayR: I can’t stayC: I wanna sayR: Get on my wayC: Come my wayR: I can’t stayC: […]
Month: June 2025
To Have a Most Amazing Smile
To have a most amazing smilethat cannot admit errorand a sparkle ofhollow flaking spoonsis a fading glamourof molting scalesand drafty salted temples.-Melissa Donley
Pretty Beard
You may havethe sexiest faceI have everwanted to sit on,but it takes morethan a pretty beardto call youmy friend.-Melissa Donley
Are You Available at 2?
Roses are redViolets are blueI could fuck you foreverAre you available at 2?-Melissa Donley
Rain Like Milk Mother
Rain like milk motherEgg juice TVBlood sausage gownPeach goddessEssential chocolate meat fluffBoil this mad skyTrudge through recallDelirious petalForest rust-Melissa Donley
I’ll Take the Exit
Alarm. Caffeine. FiberCommute. Timeclock. Email.Caffeine. Carbs. Meetings.Invoices. Timesheets. Requests.Reports and summaries.Copy. Paste. Delete.CONTROL ALT DELETE.I can’t pretend to feelAs okay as youPretend to be.Control ZEscapeUndoI wasn’t made for this.I want off this ride.I’ll take the exit.Student loansMortgageCar paymentHustle hobbiesMarket yourselfHave a presence everywhereEngage, produce, do more.Never sleepAlways look fresh, fit, […]
Sticky Rice, My BFF
Where have you been all my life?Decades ofSweet cornbread and chiliEgg noodles, beef tips, mushrooms.Flings of pastaEvery shape and sizeEvery sauceDaily devotionsOf my beloved tubersOnly a Gamgee would understandAll meant nothingThe moment I had youMy dear, sweet sticky rice.The way you holdA dab of sauce,Sauteed cabbage, pickled carrots, cucumber.Best Friends […]
Bologna
I didn’t throw the bolognaThat you were afraidWould ruin the faded paintOf your car,The car with the sub woofersAnd bass you thoughtCould give a woman pleasure,The car we got busted parking in,When the officer ran our names over the scanner,But I still laugh about it.-Melissa Donley
Regrets at 17
I should have known by the wayHe worshipped his carAnd chased younger girlsThat he was not worthy to bask in the glowOf my lava lamp and plastic constellations.The Magic 8 Ball did not warn me of The thousand cuts brewing ahead,Only telling me what I wanted to hearWith each shake.But […]
Photons
Winking old starlightFrom there to hereBouncing off telescope mirrorsHurling across the universeWaving at the speed of lightMerely to be perceivedHighlighting suspended motesFading spines on shelvesElectromagnetic radiationCrisping skin through cloudsEclipsed by moon and earthRefracted and brokenNever to have massEjected from Bohr’s radiusThrough fiber optic cablesAt the speed of information-Melissa Donley