Cheryl Bella Horton

manipulative, hedonistic, crazy bitch
bright as a brand new car
you made a horde angry that night
with that wholly destructive act
that senseless selfish act
you left me helpless
let loose among fiends
abandoned to feel
whatever is left through
a caustic fog that will never lift
last night's dream was
crying about you
in a vast black sea
whipped by heavy winds
carrying moans of dogs
nothing mattered so much
as your worry and wit
now the babies are weeping
and the dogs are wailing still

1996 David J. L'Hoste

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