---

 

This writing was accepted for publication in the 108 page perfect-bound ISSN# / ISBN# issue/book... “Ice King” Down in the Dirt (v141) (the January 2017 Issue) You can also order this 6"x9" issue as a paperback book:

Order this writing in the book Study in Black the Down in the Dirt July-Dec. 2016 collection book		get the 418 page Jan.-April 2017 Down in the Dirt issue anthology 6" x 9" ISBN# paperback book:

Order this writing in the book the 2018 literary review date book (the 2017 poetry, flash fiction and artwork weekly paperback book)		get the 146 page poem, flash fiction & art weekly planner as a 6" x 9" ISBN# paperback book:

Dahling

Clint Brewer

A bitter mélange of dried blood
and curled, dark petals,
the flower arrangement for
your lonely iris of a girl.

Ripped from the breast,
and dust is currency,
a paid ticket to your new nation,
a crumbling kleptocracy.

The white light of traffic
hits your rooms,
and you pull skin taut
in the mirror, exploring the past.

And talk about your paintings,
or rather your wish to paint,
clutching that brittle Polaroid,
his chestnut lock of hair.

Later, among the young mothers
you sit muttering in quiet gullah,
the diamonds on their hands
sparkle like eyes,
like the sun on calm water,
like those pictures you hold close,
the ones you tried to paint
when you were a young iris of a girl.

Copyright of written pieces remain with the author, who has allowed it to be shown through Scars Publications and Design.Web site © Scars Publications and Design. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission from the author.

Problems with this page? Then deal with it...