21Jan 2015 Kayla Siobhan

the pyre

i took the time to look to see the fresh youthful skin frothing at the rim my cup so empty, nearing the bottom for some time i have hoped for... Read More
editors note:

A flame to fire another solitude, left with a ghoulish union. – mh

12Apr 2013 Kayla Siobhan

the softest part of you is behind your ears

you grow when i kiss you squashyou. your right eye holds a lonely grain of black outside its iris, fallen out of the nest. you face the heater when you... Read More
editors note:

Maybe not quite the object of affection, but obsession is better than sleeping alone; so happy to be her worry toy. Woof! – mh

5Jan 2012 Kayla Siobhan

Pale Girl

The phantom, the naïve flirting her infant of a thousand parents she had a “bad heart” always for him up on the hill, Dr. The Great Bear is happier but... Read More
editors note:

He musta been some nattily dressed professorial so-and-so. He can herringbone choke on his own self-adoration, cuz we won’t. – mh

26Oct 2011 Kayla Siobhan

Apraxia

Have you ever seen an elephant gas mask? Dominatrix mask for the moon or a scarecrow made out of three mailboxes? Paper cuts into readymade bleeding hearts. Have you ever... Read More
editors note:

Just because you asked, doesn’t mean I will. Masks, scarecrows, what else? I refuse to see a thing until the plot thickens. – mh

8Sep 2011 Kayla Siobhan

Your Last Name

I gave you a naked photograph of myself and the only vestige I have left of you is an old Eskimo pie and the skunk dyed rabbits foot you gave... Read More
editors note:

Always strive to leave a more lasting memory than rabbit’s foot toe jam, especially when you still have that picture taped to your bathroom mirror. – mh

21Jun 2011 Kayla Siobhan

The Bathroom Floor

horseshoe, clean hit against the rusted bar (ringer, spit). soles squelch against maleficent pine. shadowed teemers hang in a fine line (garb, gabble, & smack). I will never know your... Read More
editors note:

This poem is the song of the South. If it’s not softballs and beers, it’s certainly horseshoes. And as the immortal game is played, the world goes and goes one Swirled clean set of sheets and pile of undies at a time. – mh