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“I’m spunky.I like my oatmeal lumpy.”My curves are kickin’, andI’m gonna rock this motherclucker.-Melissa Donley*includes lines from ‘The Humpty Dance’ by Digital Underground (Shock G aka Humpty Hump).

Simmering rice, each graina swelling promise kept,and steamed windows,veil of vapors betweenour exclusive biomeand the rest of Everything.I’ll wash the beans, darlin’,while the onion crispswith the bell pepper,chambered like a heart.We’ll plant the seeds together.They say the secret is in the saute,but I know it’s in the wayyou honor the […]

Actuallysince you mention itsee, youhave to understandonly members are allowed to un-leashexactingspite and spurn, special privilegesAs members are just that way, egos woundedcorrect always, you seereally, you are just tooopenlysensitive, too humanspeaking up for yourself and not excusingtheGlorified newsprint dollsleading by example, yourself, aloneothers stay seatedbut they whisper the same […]

Cut me from the gristle of this world.Boil me up in a tall hot pot.I want to feel the drudge leach from bone and sinew.Steam every injustice from my pores.Cook me down to my concentrated essence.Steep me in a bold flowering tea.I want to drink in all that is me.-Melissas […]

Oh ThursdayYou can change your days andYou can change your waysBut your name still prints above the foldAnd there are no drapes in your fishbowlEvery click a traceA rank and a placeWhen you’re ready to faceI will give you a graceBut I can’t promise this spaceFresh out the boxPractically mintHundreds […]

Peaches and creamI gave you marmalade dreamsSticky in the jar the silence clings20/20 vision I couldn’t see the beamsI knocked and I kickedBursting behind every sceneMad with hunger give me a beanA drop what do you meanMy hands can’t feedIf you don’t water the seedBurning violent in the fieldOpen the […]

One moment you are here reaching,Until I’m honest instead of easy,Then I’m dangling alone,I try and I reach,Grasping and gasping for air,You’re gone, then you’re back,But I’m still dangling,And you don’t know whyI’m grasping and gasping,Pulling myself up,Out of this black hole,This void from which no effort returns,I try and […]

He dresses you up in my sweater,Though it doesn’t quite suit you, andLets you stab stitch the hole I left in his roster,He has more time for your services now.You are exactly his type,Convenient proximity, easy to sway,Eager to give, but you won’t receive.You deserve to know the truth, andMaybe […]

Dim lightsTowels tucked into my collarNumb just enough to get the needle to the noduleProbe on my thyroidThe ultra sound appears on the screenThe doctor guides the needle inSix passes scraping to collect enough sampleTo not do this againThe icky gel never wipes cleanThe puncture blood tattoos under my skinI […]

Don’t ask me if I love you.What is love?I know how I love my son and my sister,Unconditional, without limits.It’s my only guide to love myself.I know attraction and limerence,The unrequited care I pour,Inconsistencies and confusion received.But what is love beyond what I give?Can you take me there,Through presence and […]