Poetry by Cee Martinez

Dandelion
 
Stars gone from eyes the prize the size
Of moon in front of sun
Slit cat’s smile
My cough your laugh
Hairball I’m a housecat on your cock
Moon gone from heart this part
Sized up sunburned seagull
In the Kirk
Your hand it lands
The loosened tooth I spat while you slept
- - my lips bled both above below
- - my lips torn both above below
I peed on dandelions today
The thing one does before red makes fool
I accepted my flaws today in the way
I’ve always done for you
And disapprove
That I approve
The lifestyle I didn’t want
You want
My pull and fresh flush need
I want
My pull to push you away
I peeled a nutmeg today
The thing one does before coat hanger is tool
I loved your flaws today
In the way
I’ve always done for you
Say
I enable
I say
I’m enabled too

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Cee Martinez is a whisky sipping, globe trotting poet and painter who lives in Golden, Colorado. She has had various poems and short stories of hers appear in various litmags and anthologies. You can track her down at her Twitter : @dazedpuckbunny and her Instagram: @peeriebarra