“tales of the careworn heart” 1. you flick your cigarette like you're practicing for a puddle of gasoline (so haute your eyes shine behind your bang bang bangs) I want to be the editor of the sad parts of your autobiography insert silver linings like fish hooks into the corners of your lips and pull them up into a sharp smile 2.(black bra straps beneath a white wifebeater angled off the shoulder blades cuts deep the want) we're all missing children posters but we never look each other in the eye and I get lost in your story I search for you out on the fringe of soft lace I would strip off all my armor if I could be yours 3. "you have such a pretty gun" -starts the new american love story we bleed honey the hive echoes with alibis and god save the queen (and as you ascend the throne I send this valentine "honey you have such a pretty everything")
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Joe Quinn is a 35 year old American poet. He has been published 60+ times in over 30 publications around the world including Burning Word, The Delinquent UK, The Alarmist and Digital Papercuts. His newest collection, the mascara massacre is available for purchase for $10 at lulu.com/spotlight/welcomehomeironlung and he can be followed at @joequinnpoetry on Twitter or at facebook.com/joequinnpoetry
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