ragtown

fingered her baubles                             the ruby deluge &
brought the rubber
tulips up with her
mouth



100
101
102
103 degrees



switchblade eyeballs
goblins bit her hip
attended by doctors
her house swallowed
tuss & flapping miles of film



no                                                         wait



their love was an ocelot in a flamingo's beak



(fever is a cheap drunk)



she named him                                      carburetor junkie
she named him                                      slick cool mud
she named him                                      tactus
all the way through