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On Fire

Michael Spring

Corvallis OR


Joan of Arc came down the stairs
from her apartment
above the tattoo parlor

she's wearing her usual camouflaged
pants and paint-splattered t-shirt

she says she wants another sword
and another set of wings for her red
dragon-lady whose tail is looped
around her neck
and she wants teeth in the white orchid
on her breast
and wants Bab's black tongue coiled
on her other breast

as usual, her angel-faced boyfriend
has followed her

he reeks of smoke --
she says it's his problem -- he's the one
who's always trying to snuff out her flames



Michael Spring
Corvallis, OR








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