3May 2014 Opalina Salas

I’m Considering Klonopin

because the cool white void of oblivion rests better behind my eyes the mechanical flow of morning to night gets covered in English ivy corners softened spine released green smells... Read More
editors note:

We’re all chemical constructs anyway. So, what the hell? – mh

20Aug 2010 Opalina Salas

This is one for the insincere bitches

This is one for the insincere bitches For the party guests celebrating nothing For the amplified mediocrity And the mandatory love slot machines The slow motion syrup dispensers The honey... Read More
20Aug 2010 Opalina Salas

This is not for the sincere loves

This is not for the sincere loves For the funeral that celebrates everything For the whispering brilliance The fast and furious vinegar wells Bitter sour oranges marinating nothing undone Of... Read More
20Aug 2010 Opalina Salas

open your mouth wide

open your mouth wide and let your tounge roll out the words as lemon sours hitting linoleum or silverware chiming on the kitchen floor spread open box of matchsticks on... Read More
19Aug 2010 Opalina Salas

an invitation to the truth

I invite all makers and lovers of beauty into my heart tonite. Everything I write is what it is be what it be is what it be taken with the... Read More
30Jul 2009 Opalina Salas

Summer Wardrobe

i get wild flashes of the night you said these delicate things palm pressed on cheek flittering victorian eyelashes and such our asphalt playground steaming with tears ground up shoelaces... Read More
3Jul 2009 Opalina Salas

OCD

so far my face in check the brave but tired puts makeup after covering bags, scars and overnight wrinkes set in worry. double chin needs double love and a swig... Read More
3Jul 2009 Opalina Salas

releasing daddyo

we shook your tambourine, rattled your lonely maraca and beat your bongos, daddy, we sniffed your books, graded your LP's and set the needle down gently the kids blew bubbles... Read More
2Jul 2009 Opalina Salas

Jack

because you were a writer, you posed with a railroad brakesman's rule book in pocket, couch pillows airing on the fire escape overlooking clotheslines three flights up on a lower... Read More