Girl in Blacksburg [NaPoWriMo 2008]

I'm a first-year student in the MFA creative writing program at Virginia Tech. I hold a BA in creative writing from Purdue University. I'm a geek who writes poems, or a poet who is also a geek. It's up to you to decide.

All poems are copyright 2008 Josette Torres.
Apr 27
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27 April 2008.

[I don’t know about you, but I think that hearing an interpretation of words you’ve written by trained actors is pretty hot.]

What I Want to Tell You When I Say That “I’m Chill”

I am lying. I am lying like a hostage with a death
sentence over their head. I am lying like Oliver
North. I am lying like a senior advisor in the Bush
Administration making the case for war. I am lying
like a philandering husband.

I am lying, I am lying, I am lying.

I want you to cover my eyes and tell me to stop
worrying. I want you to pull my hair and tell me
to focus. I want you to wrap your hands around
my neck and tell me life is short. I want you
to fuck me until I faint dead away.