For Joanna

L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E?

 cut a friend for me from cardboard

put him together with glue and pliers

make him move with a system of strings

warble and rise

 

we will be startled into—

him bending and bowing

me wilting and moaning

 

i am big boned

but my wrists and waist seem easy to break

 

recyclable eyelashes dangling

brown brittle bones

our love is fragile

Author's Note

Concrit welcome. No bashing, igorance, etc.

Reviews

[Bhavya Kaushik]

This is really beautiful!
Very well penned :)