a smattering of things
Jo McCrory is a writer and artist living in northern California.
night spends shadows on the walls
red light green light yellow light
cycle through car horns
your breath blesses my navel
spun out on stardust glitterati teeth
bared straight into the face of god
the fist of thunder trembles my thighs
undo me
undo me
i’ve waited so long
red light on the walls
thump thump-thump at the curb
idling above you i’m an angel
all those demons strangling your hope
darling, i can slay them with a single word
if you want me to
a future stained my thighs,
made a pool at my feet
i thought i should feel despair
but all i could think to do
all my protesting body wanted
was to dance scarlet foot prints on his floor
leading from the bathroom to the front door
down the steps into the gravel where my car baked in the hot sun
a dance of ecstasy
to prove my body knows best
what is friend and what is foe
but instead, i painted the sink a diluted red
some would call it pink
i called it mercy
and never wore either color
again
loose threads 