By Misti
Date: 2003 Jun 26
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Fire Jumps the River

suckered into
another vortex
i am vanquished
an anemic vampire
in black shades and moon dripped rags
i feel myself puckered around
his totem pole
i know his stake too well
i am tuckered out
luckless as always
my menstrual jello is not his
delicacy of choice
there is no voice to this third-degree burn
desire that scoffs at aloe vera and SPF 15
the sweaty sheen of lies
leaves my disguise in the West Mesa dust
no voice i trust
but i have never heard the sound
of slaughtered rabbits
old habits die hard and are reincarnated
as pizza delivery boys with nipple pierced
girlfriends who know "Your Arsenal" by heart
i say i will not take part in this dance
any longer
but the song remains my noose
no apple juice can quench
this schizophrenic thirst.