Eyeliner Boy
The well-heeled eyeliner boy
Grips electric mesh in sweating fist
His masculinity fluttering silk
His mouth wide to eat applause
Break me open like a candy heart;
I write too shiny outside.
I need you to dissolve my words in your lyrics
All the sweet hollows where I sink
Glam rock sacrifice
Your bubblegum sheen
Was always springtime snow:
Shocking cold, melting as you fall.
–> Marie Vibbert
Riddled with Arrows 5.1: “Candy Hearts & Little Literary Love Notes”
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