"over lipstick stains"


from the ABC set ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙this poem book that he gave

over lipstick stains
writes the
widowhood of whips.
tightly in silver chains,
wolves lick the
breath of night
that only you create
with bruises
and smeared red.

`t. imaan tretchicovmanicova
9jan11
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