http://lavendermenace.com Suzy La Follette Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:24:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en She is back and now she is a firefighter! Take that misogyny! http://lavendermenace.com/2006/06/07/stay-strong/ In the back of the bus the violence is unheard over the growl of the engine. Seat across from me- He has long fingernails. I don’t trust him, picks his nose with them then smacks his son. I am trying to kill him through some kind of telepathy. Seat in front of me- ... http://lavendermenace.com/2005/03/20/two-sons-one-dirty-one-beaten/ Life is like angry sex, something that satisfies and forces me to clench my fists at the same time. Its filled with naked skin, cussing, climax rolling in alleyway grime. The true love fantasy is painted by loneliness an unloved hand swinging brush strokes. Real love is linked by chain link, found in puddles and gutters. I’m ... http://lavendermenace.com/2005/03/20/sour-beauty/ You are 50% cotton, 50% spandex. You are a size small. You are made in Bangladesh. You are made in Taiwan. You are a cool iron after wash (if needed). Tell me what are your ingredients? Sum yourself up for me in three words or less, ridiculous? Straight Edge kids preach ... http://lavendermenace.com/2005/03/20/see-reverse-side-for-poems/ The night we saw Saturn through telescope I swear it had cartoon yellow rings turned toward us, like planets showing off for us. You bought some glow-in-the-dark plastic stars. I swear they had cartoon yellow rings turned against us, like constellations at war. You bought some glow-in-the-dark plastic stars, stuck them on the ceiling above my bed. Against ... http://lavendermenace.com/2005/03/20/plastic-stars-pantoum/