Tangerine static

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By lavadis

Sun, 16 Sep 2018
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15 comments
 
 
 
‘I am not fucking around’ 
she said
her hair cascading in waves of melted sangria and burnt umber across her pixilated eyes.
 
Butterfly kisses of frost 
pocked the bedroom walls, 
the single lightbulb ululated,
she stubbed and fizzed 
and fumbled her doobie 
into the paint stained mug of Thunderbird,
unfurled her arms up into my jumper 
and delivered another one of her 
hyperbolic sighs
 
‘We haven’t left this room
for three days’ I said
‘And we can’t until you give me an definitive answer’ she said, 
taking a huge gollop of VSOP 
from the bottle and dropping the stylus with her toes
on to ‘Kimono My House’ 
by Sparks.
 
‘I think it might be over’
I said honestly 
‘Honestly?’ she asked
‘Then what is going to happen to me?’
she pointed a 
peanut buttered fingernail at her chest
‘You?’ I asked 
‘puta idiota, yes me’ 
I shuffled along the bed to the corner 
into which she had crawled   
and folded her into my 
tertiary embrace 
her hair smelt of tangerine static 
her arms still fox cave moist-warm
from the shower
 
Our tears fused like positrons 
on the leading edge 
of a solar nuclear flare 
dancing together 
with savage luminosity 
until the moment 
of mutual annihilation 
 

 

Certificate 18
Poem
Poetry
Romance

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is beautiful lavadis. Can you please change the 'teaser' (which by default is the first few lines)? It has to be U rated as it appears on the homepage. You can either make it so there's no teaser, or choose your own excerpt. Thanks!

 

Submitted by lavadis on

I don’t know how to do that - please tell me how! 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

If you click on  'edit' you should be able to change the teaser - either delete it or replace the current version. 

 

Submitted by lavadis on

There is no obvious way to do this - if you tell me how I will do it immediately 

 

Submitted by lavadis on

 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

well done! It should have been relatively easy for you but unfortunately it's the one thing editors can't do  to other people's stories/poems

 

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Submitted by Sim on

Pow! An explosion of colour, intense emotion and passion. You have a way of making us fall in love with your magical characters because your words have a ring of truth about them. Like a Leonard Cohen lyric.

Sim

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Full of zinging passion and a strange melding of senses - how those mutually destructive relationships can go bang!

This is our facebook and twitter pick of the day!  Do share.

Submitted by Jacksonline on

Another glimpse into the mind of a very special writer. A brilliant piece of writing
JACKIE

Submitted by MarciaMarcia on

Oh My God.....Lavadis !!!

              This is an absolute “Beauty” of a piece. 

               Strong, Tender, Powerful, Soft around some edges. 

                Full with light and color and electricity. 

I’m in Awe........!!!       MarciaMarcia

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

There are not enough superlatives to describe this fantastic piece of poetry. Bravo!

Best, Luigi

 

Submitted by blighters rock on

A tangerine dream of a poem and delicious plot

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Week - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by celticman on

lights up a few dark holes.