ashlee workman Somewhere between writing and drinking, ashlee workman has aged to a twenty-four year old woman who believes in Faeries and dreams of space. Originally born in Kentucky, a southern lady she is not, working like other americans in a semi-professional desk job. arworkman7@hotmail.com   Sapphires A stick of red lipstick necromancy In her pocket On her lips Smoothed on Even shimmer under the moon Evil eyes with a luscious smile Creeping up on the night Seeking out sapphires Cool to the touch and chiseled with perfection Sharp on the eyes Not so sweet and vulnerable Wanting to be stolen A little pucker and a wiggle of the hips Make the sapphires burn Makes them crave lipstick   Famous Bad Habit I fell off right into the bottle Slipped off into my famous bad habit Drowning after a hard plummet The fall should've snapped my neck I hit hard like spring rain driving out winter Sinking to the bottom Bubbles running for freedom from my mouth The world looked overt with ogling eyes Sheep herding at the bar I struck the bottom My body slightly bounced with limp enthusiasm I didn't bother to fight I opened my mouth and slowly breathed Expressionless I lay And nobody followed The Exit Diving through the hot water The light becomes distant Voices block my ears Vibrating my ear drums Reckless thoughts crashing into my brain I can't fit my whole body in this crack Walls are angry with pinball reality I must be the ball Slamming Ringing bells of people, as they shove me back and forth The door is too far away I'll never make it across this room Vying for the exit I need an arrow towards release Fingers are pointing There is a lot of ugly chatting People are growing vexed beaks They are birds Pecking Slowly pecking at me I use one eye to guide me The other has disappeared Or perhaps it has gotten lost inside my body Light is halloed in every corner Chameleons have it easy I reach for the exit but smack backwards onto the couch I have been planted like harvest Lights out

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