Dorothy Lune

I am cling wrap lady

I am a Kibbe romantic body type,
meaning I have the roundest body type & look fully yin
according to David Kibbe. I am
also a tape measure unraveled in a mirror. I stare & count
& trace my bone & flesh, look.

Romantics should wear: soft lines, lightweight fabrics, ornate
jewelry, & any cling wrap you've got lying around.

I move closer to that mirror so that my face is more appealing.

Stood up like a shameful flag, stretching &
pinching, in a cling wrap belt, eating air.

Kibbe romantics should avoid: heavy fabrics, rainbows, sharp
lines, bulbous shoes, bulky buttons, & romance.

I tie cling wrap around my jaw & keep it on
overnight, every divot gives me shivers.

There are tears, a straight face & sigh, look.

I'm all plum & plush when I prod my cheek & lip. Some
things are too taut around my torso to be true.

Laura Palmer complex

Inside a plum, on a vicious row, now consider it a heavy
heaven that I do not know. I confess I spilt a puddle, sharks
have migrated there—

I don't feel like talking about cereal,
anything but cereal high sugar pink blue yellow
I'm licking off Mona, she's here.
Thank you an inordinate amount thank you an
inordinate amount are you okay—

okay, okay, well, let's not discuss cereal, as I'm nauseous for
high sugar vicious pink blue yellow rows, & oh so viscous for
me, oh so patient—

he claims to know I see
heaven & I reply I am no muffin.
I sincerely apologize from
the bottom but I am but that shark in
the belly, no he's okay peeking
through my jacket. Where he must stay.

Dorothy Lune is a Yorta Yorta poet, born in Australia. Her work has appeared in Pinhole Poetry, Pink plastic house, Olit, Ice lolly review, & more. She is compiling a manuscript entitled Lady Bug.