athene

with the owl face
acts like she doesn’t know me

 

when she smiles sun sparkles
off her gold tooth

 

i want to know
everything about her

 

on a green velvet couch
we compare the splendor

 

of jet streams to
honky-tonk

 

while her proud father
warns me

 

of her sharp edges
and love of artillery

 

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Joan Cappello

Joan Cappello has been a backup singer, bank teller, yoga instructor, secretary, assistant film editor, dancer and massage therapist. Her ...more