Lorraine A Padden

decorous handle of a straight edge melancholy

— Lorraine A Padden

a bug catcher

of unholy crimes

praying mantis

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

snow glow from the waist down cement moon

— Lorraine A Padden

wasp waisted

jealous of what flies by

her hourglass

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

 torture museum
a shy boy asks
how many teeth in a saw?

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

rattus rattus
the helter skelter
of an overfilled dumpster

— Lorraine A Padden

attention speculation...

guessing the number of eyeballs

in a jar

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

crosscut saw 
the pattern
on a fitted sheet

— Lorraine A Padden

moonless

a crooked cut

scars the honey dew

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

paler shades
of nightmare
the cawing dawn

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

lopper handles
a darker shade
of red

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

melons
the ragged edge
of a dull knife

— Lorraine A Padden

congealed blossoms

at the crime scene

black cherry

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

La Brea tar pits
a visitor admires
the long gestation

— Lorraine A Padden

lady fingers

a stray nail

in the custard

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

the black
at my back
basement stairs

— Lorraine A Padden

plucking doll’s eyes my field of dreams

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

kissing his neck
she imagines a tattoo
shaped like fingers

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

maternal urges
the comfort of eggs
under her skin

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

mistaking her fingers
for carrots
chopping block

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

corps de ballet
he arranges
the limbs in a row

— Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden

forget-me-nots
his choicest cuts
stored in the freezer

— Lorraine A Padden