Poems from OliviaWenz
I strut around town flaunting my mediocrity
like an aging New York socialite in a thick, gaudy fur coat,
oblivious to the fact that the...
I am the gnarly beast
that killed the princess;
I clawed my way up her tower
and snapped her while she slept
Her breaking bones sounded...
At night
the blue barbells gain back their weight
they push on my shoulders
breaking blood vessels
drawing red lines
ruining me and making...
Mary,
Mary,
please let me dull
the powerful pushing
being done on your skull
Mary,
Mary,
don’t leave us yet
your daughter’s poor heart
can’...
The smell of Chinese food and
someone else’s cigarettes
and all the stiff yellow photos,
stacked like mountains on their
often empty dining...