witch in tie dye blue
Reb ecca Ko ki t us
you said I looked gorgeous
in my blue tie dye dress
so I slept with you
I felt like deer guts splattered on 202
like ugly and transfixing all at once
I felt the slosh of bloat as I undressed,
cheap and sloppy as the dinner
you forcefed me
when I took off my jeans
I lost my favorite amethyst
in your backseat
I told you I’d be a fairy
for halloween
so you were going to be
the peter pan to my tinkerbell—
me the jealous pixie and you, the boy
who refused to grow up
but I dressed up as a witch instead
and a girl winked at me,
told me she had a thing for witches
I wanted to tell her watch,
and curse you right before her eyes
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