Altar to white
Brown
Greying skin
Floating glass
Swans
Neon light
In sacred water
She
The Bacall
The strung out Audrey
Leaving leopard skin
Of bruises
Lipstick marks
He
The Astaire
The old blue eyes
Them
Faded green hair
Guardian angel
Safety and vodka
Red rooms
Made of
Glass and
Vinyl
Caress us with
Misfit comfort
The pock marks
Of age
Soften
In the smog
Of the soft and hard
Flesh
CAITLIN MCKENZIE is an emerging poet based in Barrie, Ontario. She has had her poetry published in the second and third issues of The Northern Appeal, Tower Poetry Society and now Sewer Lid!
