Literature
every whore has her heartbreak
she's the type of girl who
makes the Capulets cringe;
she has Satan on her speed dial
and bitemarks on Trouble's neck.
on wednesday, she gives Karma lapdances,
teaches Heartbreak 101 on thursday,
and tangos with Danger on friday.
by saturday night,
she's already seduced all the boys
in her weekly flea market.
and sunday morning,
she flees to the next town
on her to-do-list.
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he has expired lungs and ventilator-lips,
a faded cerabral cause and eyelids inched apart.
lenses are permanently laced over his nose,
up-turned when buried in comic book pages.
he is reason-impaired
and to them he is a faded bother.
he's the boy wi