Tuesday poem #687 : Melanie Power : learner’s permits

 

waxed floor     dim gym
quarter moon     sweaty palms
love-starved     school dance
sneaker screeches     small town
shortest month     junior year
string eyebrows     mom’s lipstick
calgon body mist     holey socks
nokia photos    hairspray lungs
160-character texts     mousse curls
spaghetti-strapped     electro-pop
home team chants     teacher scowls
fluorescent tubes    washroom swigs
tart apple    cousin’s vodka    
dancefloor marionettes     eyes closed
cargo pants     visible thongs
frosted tips     tanning bed-bronze
timbaland beats     stagnant air
blood rush     new touch
real-life sims     colliding tongues
hot crotch     teeth whops
lost thoughts    penny drop
deserted streets     stolen smokes
walk home     shallow puffs
snowy shoulders     blow pop
red nose     blue razzberry lips
stars above     bubble-gum wad
drawn bow     sagittarius’s arrow
unmade beds     pierced hearts

 

 

 

 

Melanie Power is a Montreal-based poet from St. John's. She is the author of Full Moon of Afraid and Craving (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022).

the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan