Poetry by Courtney LeBlanc
My Current Favorite is Called Blackmail
I’ve started wearing dark lipstick, stand
in front of the mirror drawing
the bow of my upper lip, making it fuller
than it really is, a magic trick only women
are taught. The first day I wear it a woman
I don’t know tells I’m brave for wearing
such a dark color into the office. A man tells
me he likes the color. Before I can say
thank you he continues: It would look good
ringing my cock. I peel back my lips, bared
teeth bright white against my dark mouth.
I’ve started wearing dark lipstick, stand
in front of the mirror drawing
the bow of my upper lip, making it fuller
than it really is, a magic trick only women
are taught. The first day I wear it a woman
I don’t know tells I’m brave for wearing
such a dark color into the office. A man tells
me he likes the color. Before I can say
thank you he continues: It would look good
ringing my cock. I peel back my lips, bared
teeth bright white against my dark mouth.
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Courtney LeBlanc is the author of the chapbooks All in the Family (Bottlecap Press) and The Violence Within (Flutter Press) and is an MFA candidate at Queens University of Charlotte. Her poetry is published or forthcoming in Public Pool, Rising Phoenix Review, The Legendary, Germ Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Brain Mill Press, Haunted Waters Press, and others. She loves nail polish, wine, and tattoos. Read her blog at www.wordperv.com, follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook.
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