March 21, 2011

august the 19th, 1957 by Jess Dutschmann


let’s like, have all this rum
everything is good here
have all the rum it’s great

listening to the radio with
a bunch of pissed off kids
let’s like, have all this rum

watching vampire shows with
a ginger with white wrists

let the black things in through
the window
don’t worry about the weather
we'll stay warm

legs twined together
on the loveseat but it’s safe though

let’s like, have all this rum,
everything is fine about this
let it into your mouth it’s safe

put your hand on my thigh and
whatever it’s safe, let the things
into your mouth, black syrup

down your chin it looks cute

5 comments:

DJ Berndt said...

I want to remix this poem so that "rum" because "cough syrup"

Sweet poem, Jess. Nice work.

Anonymous said...

sweet

this feels like a song to me, jess, like song lyrics. that's a compliment :)

Jess said...

Thank you both for the comments
anon I wish I knew who you were!

DJ you should do it that would rock

Carolyn DeCarlo said...

>let it into your mouth it’s safe

best line. great poem.

Khalym Kari Burke-Thomas said...

'black syrup / down your chin it looks cute.' Oh all of this is just so really really lovely Jess.