Forgive Me For I Have Spiraled
After Florido Kilos
Forgive me for I have spiraled on a false pilgrimage
turnin' diamonds into snow only to find violence
of the quiet kind flickering in the hallway, dead
mothers in the palm of a hometown. I drowned
my dreams in the bathtub, I said turn it up hot
as the blush in their cheeks drained. I did not
call them by name. I have grown the sun
in my mouth, a bump on the tongue. My hands
are vines choking vines, my body a pillar of salt
slick in the summer for you pretty daddy.
I have forgotten my mind. In my mind
there is communion between neurons
and impulse. Like all communions they know not
what they do. The tide, the reel, the holy back
and forth but you already know that, you already know.
After Florido Kilos
Forgive me for I have spiraled on a false pilgrimage
turnin' diamonds into snow only to find violence
of the quiet kind flickering in the hallway, dead
mothers in the palm of a hometown. I drowned
my dreams in the bathtub, I said turn it up hot
as the blush in their cheeks drained. I did not
call them by name. I have grown the sun
in my mouth, a bump on the tongue. My hands
are vines choking vines, my body a pillar of salt
slick in the summer for you pretty daddy.
I have forgotten my mind. In my mind
there is communion between neurons
and impulse. Like all communions they know not
what they do. The tide, the reel, the holy back
and forth but you already know that, you already know.
On The Island of Lost Cinnamon Girls
After Cinnamon Girl
Our beach. Our kindling of pills
and promises. Our neon cross lit
cherry red. Circling our kerosene
crime, skin salted, mouths wild,
we recite that madness—those who
held us just to hurt us. Again, we are fire.
After Cinnamon Girl
Our beach. Our kindling of pills
and promises. Our neon cross lit
cherry red. Circling our kerosene
crime, skin salted, mouths wild,
we recite that madness—those who
held us just to hurt us. Again, we are fire.
Isabelle Correa is from Washington and lives in Vietnam. Her writing can be found in Third Point Press, Trampset, Maudlin House, and is forthcoming in Drunk Monkeys and Pank. Follow her on Twitter @IsabelleJCorrea.