New poems by Tempest Brew

 

Emerald Lightning

 

the summer shimmer

the dark gloves

the glow of our candles

 

all made the storm

turn a brighter spectrum

disturbing our later sleep

 

reminding us of years

ago when we were young.

 

 

 

Corset Queen

 

she's pulled tight

and all bundled

head a stack on body

body a slender rail

feet a moving blister.

 

 

 

Humbert

 

thank you, Humbert,

for teaching us how not

to love,

 

not furtively in other

rooms and secret,

quiet desperation,

 

but honest, open, out

in the air, real love.

 

 

 

Bully

 

she's a pile of bones

stretched over a body

that's too big for her

age, hair a tangle,

grin a disaster and it's

easy to see why she

pushes on others

always.

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