cold flash pops - 6/30 - national poetry month

those photos were not of me

pose turn smile shoulders back

hand over mascaraed bald boy's bird chest

shot taken and model removed

legs akimbo,

black liner smudged fishnet holes,

tshirt pulled, bite the nail,

skirt grabbed, bite that lip, squint

"look like you don't want to be here"

eyes blazing, red lips pouting

skin too soft, waist too big,

ass to wide, age to high,

reality too real not

so hard to look like i

dont want to be here

jani rosado copyright © 2010