Cocktail Party

Cocktail Party So fancy this social darling One where everyone Is rubber noses and Strapless bras Breasts floating right up To their chins Listen to all those Hand picked remarks And low laughter That man there In the center Ofpearl necklaces and smiles Is their scalpel-suction God It's enough to make Mascara curdle I remember a time Before his Degree When the bedroom was bright And I was tight His hands all around every curve But lips fade And skin feels itself Shimmy down Like a loose satin dress The lights never stay on Anymore I want to hit the pause button Tour the room Picking out the pink umbrellas I Paid for Flicking ashes in the champagne I Ordered Pull a slip down here Break a stiletto heel there 46 When time starts again I'll throw my head back Over my shoulders Onto the floor Every line erased Will come back to my face And I'll laugh Laugh to see all those Sculpted nostrils Peering down at me Alayna Dusenbery 47 ...