2 September 2002 | Vol. 2, No. 3
Three
you are the urinal
in which men piss infidelity
when wives demur sex
you're the abrasion
the raw garnet flesh
slick and gaping
the nest where dreams
laid like eggs
fracture ooze then perish
you're opium
scotch and cocaine
an equilateral sex triangle
an epitaph in process
an oh bitch you airy
aching flirt of my pen
About the author:
Shelly Reed writes in Norwalk, Iowa, where she enjoys regular silence. Her work appears extensively online and in print, nationally and internationally. Recent poems appear or are scheduled for appearance with Comrades, Sometimes City, Wilmington Blues, and 2River.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Shelly Reed at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 2, No. 3, where "Three" ran on September 2, 2002. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
