A Queer Lamentation

A sequel to A Drunken Confession

Mulligan Public House, Carmel-by-the-Sea. Taken by Yours Truly, July 2021.

like gingerly
extracting loose hair from my scrunchie
I removed the image of your nude, snoring body
before running my fingers through
my personal licorice cascade

like flawlessly
peeling an apple in one coiled strip
I carve a glistening mass of…