Saturday, April 7, 2012

The False Villanelle of Miss Rubie Thang


for Miss Southern Decadence 2009

 

Will they see me like this?

Head tilted and eyes, lost
as I look for the red lipstick
I placed in my leather purse
beside house keys and change.
Will they see me like this?
... with thin lips drawn out
in a pallid frown, scowling,
as I look for the red lipstick
that keeps me from being
like them.     These men.
Will they see me like this,
and say, Oh, girl!
You're just     fine.
as I look for the red lipstick?
How could I be so remiss,
so blind, so ... so sick
as I look for the red lipstick?

Will they see me like this?



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