Sugar

One bite then the mad-
ness begins. Binge-stuffing my
face. Swallowing whole.

New year’s resolution

Why bother vowing
change when you’re satisfied with
your lazy-ass self?

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Abandoned blog

Held back by your tight
seventeen syllable leash,
I write elsewhere now.

Two hours of sleep

Eyes red focus shot
totally worthless but I
still need that paycheck.

Mommy friendships

If all we have in
common is our kids, that’s not
an enduring match.

New Year’s Day

In optimism
we cross the starting line of
the rest of our lives.

 

Last day of 16

Some days she doesn’t
fit into her skin, too young
to be old this soon.

Salon visit

She contemplates bangs,
a different color, hair
as reinvention.

Because of the media

based on a poem written by M.

They say I need a
man. Chocolate. But an eye
lash curler’s enough.

original source:

I don’t need chocolate to eat or a man in my life
I just think I do
because of the media
All I really need is my eyelash curler.

Out of wedlock

for S.

Without a ring she’s
uncertain, the baby no
guarantee he’ll stay.