KING KONG


What have I done to piss you off now
you look for reasons to beat your chest and bellow
your roar
scaring away the T-Rex and all the other monkeys
you are so much bigger than me
you can hold me in your hand
you can flick me like a booger into the abyss
your fingers are my cage
your rage is the thunder god I don稚 dare scare

let me tiptoe on eggshells
let me bleed in silence
let me carve your name into my wrists
in protest
until I知 drained for good

you own my beauty & my comedy
I知 just one more amusement before sunset
to keep the bats away
play with me like the yoyo I am
throw me down
string me along
watch me come back
so pretty and petite and easily consumed
like a bon bon before bedtime

let me tiptoe on eggshells
let me bleed in silence
let me carve your name into my wrists
in protest
until I知 drained for good

祖ause I知 a good girl
yes
I知 your goodest girl
The pearl in the slimy oyster
that is
your world.



Misti Rainwater-Lites is the editor and publisher
of Instant Pussy, a monthly poetry zine. Her poems
have been published online and in print in various
zines. She lives in Albuquerque with her husband.